Zachary Clement / New York Contemporary: Art Times Squared / HangART-7 (2006) (r2)

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For the fourth edition of the HangART-7 exhibition – “New York Contemporary: Art Times Squared” – the artistic director HangART-7, Lioba Reddeker, invited seven artists, selected by seven curators. Among them: Zachary Clement (curator: Ombretta Agrí Andruff). He and Ombretta Agrí Andruff talk about his work. “Clement’s dynamic expressionist style is made of powerful, excited brush-strokes executed using various media such as acrylic paint, spary paint, oil pastels, graphite, and conte crayon on board.” (Ombretta Agrí Andruff). HangART-7, Hangar-7, Salzburg / Austria, press preview, July 7, 2006.

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00:00 called Miami. They were in a very dark environment so you couldn't really see the colors but I was

00:07 very much attracted to the shape and to just do the powerful images and I mean as you can see

00:15 there is a lot there's a lot of going on. One of my favorite artists happens to be Gonchita so

00:22 one of the first things that I thought and I think they interviewed for making a comparison

00:27 when I saw the paintings was that resemblance to this very graphic style, these very fast brush

00:32 strokes and this very colorful and just powerful colors that he's using. So we started to talk and

00:41 and of course the more we spoke and the more I was able just to get some insights about what

00:48 actually was happening in the paintings. Most of them actually I would say all of them are

00:52 self-portraits which I thought was also very fascinating and the first time I went to Zachary

00:59 Studios I actually saw that there is a mirror hanging by the side so it just seems like as if

01:05 he's trying to get a glimpse of what actually is going on inside him and just very fast in a very

01:11 instinctive way just portrays that and translates it into a canvas. So when Leoba a few months ago

01:18 asked me to be involved in this exhibition there were a few paintings that I was very intrigued by

01:25 and about three painters that I really wanted to work with. The fact that I was only allowed to

01:33 bring one really forced me to sit down and think about why I would want to bring a certain kind of

01:38 work to Austria. So there were a lot of factors that made possible my decision and one was of

01:45 course the space, was the environment, the fact that this was actually coming to Austria and I

01:50 was kind of curious to see how an Austrian audience could react to a painting that is

01:55 just so similar to one of their you know major masters in the art history. And I'm really happy

02:04 that that decision was taken. I think the works are great and that's it.

02:09 Do you agree to what everything she said? If you can just replay that. I get everything she just said.

02:24 It's great to be here. It's an amazing space and some fantastic artists and just

02:33 it's just amazing to be here. I could say something more profound but I don't want to

02:40 I don't want to knock everybody off. What do you want to try?

02:44 Then you'll find out if it knocks. Nicely done. Like I said it's just it's an honor to be here.

02:54 It's so amazing to be even in the same sentence as Egon Schiele from saying that correctly.

03:01 This little red thing makes me nervous. Thank you.

03:07 Were you occupied with Schiele?

03:13 This sounds strange but what's interesting to me I was talking earlier is I was compared

03:23 to Schiele in the sense of whatever but people told me that my work was similar to Schiele's before I knew

03:31 who he was as an artist because I didn't study. So I just think it's interesting that

03:35 you know like kindred spirits you know it's that I picked up on something and I didn't

03:45 I didn't know who he was as an artist so that's profound. Thank you.

03:54 You have to take that one home.

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