Kenny Scharf Quotes

Kenny Scharf — American Artist

Kenny Scharf is an American painter who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.F.A. in 1980 with a major in painting at the School of Visual Arts located in Manhattan, New York City. Scharf's works consist of painting pop culture icons in a science fiction setting, such as the Flintstones and the Jetsons. He is most well known for his work in the 1980s interdisciplinary art scene. In 2002, he created and wrote the pilot for an animated series called The Groovenians; however, the pilot did poorly with both critics and audiences and was never picked up by Adult Swim... (wikipedia)

Part of what I do and what I want to do is I want to bring art into the everyday life. If you can take ordinary just walking in the street and you're confronted by something, that might change your day - it might inspire you.

I always thought it would be a great thing to do an art carwash. So you can actually go and get your car washed, but while you're sitting around waiting you can walk in that hallway where you look at the cars going through the window, and that could be changing exhibitions.

I'm constantly doing new stuff. I'm always excited. I'm a one-man tornado.

Kenny Scharf Quotes

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