Comedy of Manners
New paintings where time periods and people shift within the frame, and everything and everyone is unsteady.
Interview by Rosecrans Baldwin
TMN: When are you at your best?
Jackie Gendel: Between the clock and the bed. Or, sitting between the sea and the buildings.
TMN: As an artist, are you more concerned with the past or the future?
Jackie Gendel: I live facing forward, but I also like that quote by William Faulkner, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Continue reading ↓
Jackie Gendel’s exhibition, “Comedy of Manners,” is on view at Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York through Nov. 10, 2012. All images used with permission, © copyright the artist, all rights reserved.
Interview continued
TMN: When you look at other artists’ work, when are you most surprised?
Jackie Gendel: When I somehow already recognize something I have never seen before.
TMN: Favorite time of day?
Jackie Gendel: Night.
TMN: Favorite childhood memory?
Jackie Gendel: The Paisley Underground.
TMN: Favorite comic?
Jackie Gendel: Why comics when we could be talking about Charlotte Salomon?
TMN: When was the last time you cringed?
Jackie Gendel: Now.
TMN: Looking back, what influence did you least expect?
Jackie Gendel: Virginia Woolf.
TMN: Favorite household appliance?
Jackie Gendel: The rake.
TMN: What do you dislike most in pieces of architecture?
Jackie Gendel: Brutalism.
TMN: What do you like most about children?
Jackie Gendel: Their eyes.
TMN: What does it sound like when you’re at work?
Jackie Gendel: Nothing.