“I don’t think art necessarily is a propaganda machine. I think the world is far too complex, and our lives are much too complex. There is such a thing as beauty, which is also as powerful, in some cases, as a thing that’s political. I mean a painting by Van Gogh of some flowers, what’s political about it? But man it’s a knockout painting. It’s gripping. And that, to me, is political. Because when you grip someone, and you influence someone, you are making a statement. That’s why art is much more complex than overtly political.”
- Arnold Mesches, ART(inter), November, 2015
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