Julian Schnabel
I see paintings everywhere. I look at stuff and it looks like painting to me. Making a painting is like playing the saxophone. You hit the note and it comes out.
Julian Schnabel, via Interview Magazine, 2013
Julian Schnabel (1951, United States) is an American painter, sculptor, printmaker and filmmaker who rose to prominence in the 1970s whose bold expressive style is part of the Neo-Expressionist art movement. Known for his unorthodox, highly experimental approach to use of materials, culling imagery from a variety of sources both fine art and popular culture, Schnabel’s work is often characterized by its chaotic fusion figurative and abstract elements and very large-scale paintings. Making use of diverse materials such as plaster, wax, photographs, antlers, velvet, ceramics, and even surfboards, his works are often given sculptural properties.
