Kent Twitchells Interview for Berlin Wall Project part 3 of 3

Brent Turner interviews Kent Twitchell about Berlin Wall Project (www.wallproject.org) organized by Wende Museum of Cold War at his studio at the Fresco School. Kent twitchell will paint two presidents - John Kennedy and Ronald Reigan. The Wall Project, a civic commemoration program and event which marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In October, forty segments of the recreated Berlin Wall will be provided to select artists from Los Angeles and Berlin who will paint their creative response to the walls in our lives. Participating artists include Kent Twitchell, Shepard Fairey and Thierry Noir.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• kent twitchell
• fresco school
• wende museum
• berlin wall
• thierry noir

[FrescoSchool]

In this particular case, the "New" here is a great portrait of the great entertainer and the new genre of the "Monument" in painting that Kent's art brought you and you can focus on undistracted by a "novelty of material" or texture. The painting is about MJ not the "form/material or style/trend" etc.

[FrescoSchool]

I think you mixing two separate parts here - the message of realism is not the mimicing/copying of the nature, that is just the tool. Take the poetry for example - we still use words, right?

[sevenpedro]

I will try to resume all in one reply.

The Kent's virtuoso's it's totally positive, in my opinion in terms of Art does bring anything new, it's "just" excellent performance, the people's property are definitively personal and untouchable.

[FrescoSchool]

The people's property has the right not to be vandalized regardles whether it is a painting dedicated to Berlin wall or a lexus.

"you can be more plastic" - is this an attempt to censor Kent's work? Please explain :)

[sevenpedro]

I didn't understand... a (polemic) representation of Berlin wall have the same rights that a lexus ??? privatisation of a public memory? with wish moral can be addressed the graffiti, an vital resource for true freedom.

By the way, the photographic machine have been invented, you can be more plastic... excellent technique demonstration.