Richard is a Georgia-born artist who lives and works in Hudson Valley, New York. He was interviewed in his studio on January 10, 2013.
In this in-depth interview, Richard talks about how he emerged as an artist, who he considers his role-models, the state of representational art and its role in the contemporary art saturated market.
He also talks about his experience working for Jeff Koons, the art business today, and how he built his brand. His works can be seen at his web site: http://richardtscottart.com
About
Working between New York and Paris, Richard T Scott is known for his contemporary figurative paintings and his writing on aesthetic theory and contemporary art.
His work has exhibited at Le Grand Palais in Paris, Palazzo Cini in Venice, the Museum of New Art in Detroit, and is part of collections worldwide such as the former British Arts Minister Alan Howarth of Newport, Prince Morad El Hattab, and prominent collector of Andrew Wyeth: Dr. Richard Epes. Richard’s work has been auctioned at Sotheby’s and Phillips de Pury & Company.
Richard holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from The New York Academy of Art, renowned for its synthesis of the classical tradition of figurative art and contemporary art theory.
“Whether it is in his portraits, his compositions, or either still in his interiors, Richard T. Scott always tries to produce, on his spectators, a certain effect of strangeness, or at least, something like a feeling of longing. That’s why, maybe, his compositions are populated for the greater part with mirrors in which appear, not simply beings just like those who face us – but of real spectres having the function to destabilize our glance while giving the fourth dimension for us to see” – by Frédéric Charles Baitinger, Critic, Artension
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WITH PAINT YES.
NO ELECTRONICS. PAINT. NO! NO 3D! MULTIDIMENSIONAL. I SEE IT.
YOU SHOWED ME IT'S POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW THE SCULPTURE THAT COME OUT AT US BUT FROM THE SIDE WE SEE THEY ARE NOT FLAT? SAME WAY. OURS IS GOING IN AND WHEN WE TOUCH IT ITS FLAT. SEE? OPPOSITE.
BUILDING INWARD.
YES VIRTUAL IS GREAT BUT ON A FLAT SURFACE WOW. NO NOT TV. MORE REAL.
SO WHAT R U SAYING? YOU SUCK? Y NOT DO SOME WORK WITH ME? I'M SO LOVER ART. HERE________________● /
HEY! FIX THAT STEP. LOOKS ODD. MY EYE KEEPS LOOKING AT THE STEP. BUT IF YOU WANT IT TO TEASE ME GO AHEAD. COME RIGHT UP. LATER. SERIOUSLY. I LIKE YOU. I'M SO POOR. CHUCK WANTS YOU TO HELP ME. PLEASE. I TEACH YOU LOTS OF THINGS TOO. YOU'LL LEARN EASY. THEY ARE ACTS OF LOVE I GIVE YOU. YOU'LL BE HAPPY. FRIENDS. CHUCK IS A LOVE ALWAYS TO ME AND DOYLE. WE HAVE A BOND ETERNALLY. NIGHT. SWEET DREAMS <3
P.S THE COKE JOKE IS JUST A JOKE. I KNOW YOU'RE STRAIGHT. BUT IT'S FUNNY RIGHT? HOW ABOUT MY ASSHOLE SYMBOL? (*) YEAH! (*) BY KOLOVANI. I BETTER OWN IT. THEY TAKE EVERYTHING FROM ME. USE IT ON YOUR BROTHER AND SISTER IN LAW. THEY WILL LAUGH. WE CAN ALL MAKE A LOT OF MONEY RICHARD AND HELP OUR LOVED ONES. PLEASE THINK ABOUT IT. LATER, NICHOLE
SO, ALL JOKES ASIDE. I WAS TALKING TO CONNELLY. STRICTLY ART. AND SAID YA KNOW I REALLY FEEL RICHARD SCOTT HAS,A DRIVE THAT COULD CHANGE HISTORY. I MEAN THAT. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT BUT I'M STILL A BITCH TOO. LOVE. CONNELLY HAS A LOT OF ART. I WANT A MUSEUM. I WANT AN AMERICAN ARTIST TO HELP ME. YOU.
HERSHEY
YOU ARE GETTYSBURG. YOU LIKE IT. I'M SWEET. I JUST KNOW I'M RIGHT. HERSHEY WILL EMBRACE THIS. Y? WAL MART. ART WILL BE SOLD COMMERCIALLY. LISTEN TO ME. LOOK AT ME. KOONS IS COOL. TELL HIM HE'S JUST COOL. I JUST LIKE KOONS TOO. HE CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS.
HOW ABOUT YOU BOUNCE SOMETHING OFF ME.
SO TALK TO ME.
DO YOU LIKE KISSES?
I'LL GIVE YOU A NEVER-ENDING SUPPLY IF YOU HELP. ×0×0× = ((((((€¥))))) ●~
WHEN I GET NERVOUS I SAY LIKE ALOT. RIGHT OFF THE BAD IF YOU DID KNOW ME YOU WOULD THINK STUPID VALLEY GIRL. GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE IS HARD FOR ME. MY TYPING AND SPELLING GETS ALL FUCKED. I ZONE OUT AND TOTALLY FORGOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMETIMES. I GET SO EXCITED MY BRAIN GOES SO FAST IT'S HARD TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. YOU EVER GET SO EXCITED TO TELL SOMEONE SOMETHING AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START AND JUMP ALL OVER THE PLACE YOU LOOK LIKE A CRAZY ASSHOLE. HA! I CAN SEE SO FAR AHEAD. THERE I'M KEEPING IT SIMPLE. DID YOU KNOW CONNELLY WRITES IN BAD CURSIVE. I WROTE THE SAME BUT CHANGED TO ALL CAPS. BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO READ. AND TRUST ME LOOKS WAY BETTER. CHUCK HATES DRIVING TOO. I CAN ON ADDERALL BUT IF I'M NOT TAKING SOMETHING I COULD KILL SOMEONE. I ZONE OUT. DAY DREAM. THEN I GET NERVOUS AND MY STOMACH STARTS TO HURT. I GET SICK. IT'S VERY SUCKY.
IF YOU ARE CREATIVE WHAT AM I? AM I SKILLED NOW. HA! JUST BEING PLAYFUL. RICHARD YOU WILL THANK ME. WE CAN ADD OTHER ARTISTS IN THE MUSEUM TOO. HERSHEY IS A PRIME LOCATION. YES. WE WANT A HOLLYWEED NEXT DOOR. I HAVE PLANS. DO YOU LIKE TO GARDEN? I LOVE TO GARDEN.
PRICE AND THE REVOLUTION IS MOTHERFUCKING ORIGINAL. WE TOOK IT FAR ENOUGH. WE MADE A NEW ART FORM! YEAH. THAT'S REAL. DEAL. <3
AND WE WANT TO CASH IN ON OUR GENIUS. OK. YOU CAN KEEP TALKING. LET THE DOING TO US.
WRITE ON MY TIME LINE NO THANKS KOLOVANI. I DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE BEST PAINTER OF OUR TIME. CAN YOU AT LEAST DO THAT. BECAUSE I WANT A RESPONSE. THANKS. ALL I ASK. AND STOP PAINTING YOURSELF. NARCISSISTIC. I TAKE THAT BACK. I WOULDN'T OF PAINTED YOUR DICK HARD. OUCH! LOVE YOU!!! HA HA HA!