David Lynch talks to Andrew Graham-Dixon in Paris

[maninwhitedress]

breathtaking

[tobie1]

thanx for upload!

[Manusturbo]

Lynch is a true artist, uncorrupted by the empty ostentation of postmodern academia and art criticism.

[DanielMumby]

I like his art, or at least what I've seen here. But what do you mean by "empty ostentation"?

[Manusturbo]

Not saying anything of significance but saying it with lots of audacity, trumped-up by self-generated controversy and/or narrow, elitist conceptions of value. Damien Hirst is the main offender in this department. I love how refreshingly idiosyncratic Lynch's work is, there's very little pretension or ambitiousness in it... he just tries to recreate images he has in his head and makes effective art out of it.

[DanielMumby]

"Not saying anything of significance"

Surely that depends on your opinion? Must admit I'm not a Hirst fan, but I dislike him because he's boring rather thsn because he's "elitist" or anything else