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April 8, 2022 • Schneps Media
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
nature style that speaks to me of
growing up in New York.”
As for Keene, it might be tempting
to look at him as an “outsider
artist”, but he studied painting
at Yale and spends many of his
weekends going to museums. He’s
happy to talk about his favorite
artists — including Cezanne and
Rauschenberg — more than his
own work. He does mention that
his method boils down to the fact
that “I’ve dumbed it down to a
craft – I don’t have to think about
it. I’m in the moment.”
As for the massive amount of
work that has gone out the door
and the piles of art that still reside
Clockwise from large photo:
Steve Keene at work in his
Brooklyn studio, while classical
music plays. Sitting in
his apartment with a fraction
of his Keene collection, Dan
Efram holds the book he first
conceived of six years ago. At
Stranded, an East Village record
shop, Keene’s artwork can
be found on a Pavement picture
disc. John Coltrane is just one
of the inspirations for a series
of portraits.
in his home, Keene muses, “It’s all
one long day to me — it’s like I’ve
been working on a painting that I
started 30 years ago.”
“The Steve Keene Art Book”
will be available at the opening
at the Public Access gallery, 105
Henry St., Lower East Side, on
April 7 from 5-8 p.m. and directly
from https://bit.ly/3IsEfCu.
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