Lucas Samaras was interviewed recently about his thoughts on ‘the selfie’, it’s superficiality and his objection to it. He also comments on Rembrandt…
“What is going on now is considered raw and therefore of interest to analyze. That diminishes the value of self-portraiture, especially when someone decides to see the difference between the professional and the non-professional, which is mostly junk. Many people have stopped searching for an intelligent, intellectual criticism. The selfie mentality demonstrates a very aggressive behavior: it’s like going to a museum and saying : “screw the Rembrandt.”
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