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Robin Ward:Zine Guide |
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Interview with Addison Parks (Part Two) Dateline: 04/27/99 Addison
Parks, writer, art critic, painter, and zine publisher, is kind
of like an angel of the art Robin:Why did you start your art zine? After writing about mostly painting for twenty years, with both great and awful editors, I wanted to do my own zine. I wanted a loose outlet for my ideas, a focused audience, one I didn't have to dumb it down for. I wanted to do a publication for art lovers that was down to earth and straight about art...hence the art DEAL. Artdeal started in print, on a Mac, zeroxed and stapled and dropped around town. I reviewed shows, galleries and museums, did interviews, and of course, the rants. It got great and bad press. After just a couple of volumes it went to the internet. No brainer...powerful, colorful, non-linear, global, cheap. Robin:You mentioned that
you are a man with a mission, would you care to It's pretty simple, really. I believe being an artist is a CHOICE, not a qualification. If you are trying to measure art you are missing the point. It is not a competition; it is subjective; it is an experience; and don't bother making judgments. As artists we're all in the same boat. We're all doing what we can. No need to shoot eachother down. Just pay attention. Listen. Give eachother a chance. Then do the work. I guess the reason this is a mission is because as artists we tend to be our own worst enemies. It starts there. Renaissance. A new benevolence. I am getting over the need to lead horses to water and make them drink. Art is a gift; it is how we share our gifts, and express our gratitude for all the gifts we've been given. We just have to make water and if THEY come, well, if they drink, then it is their gain. Robin: Can you talk a little
bit about how the publishing of your magazine These days it works for me on a lot of levels. I am no longer writing or teaching, so it gives me a way to express what's on my mind, a way to make a contribution from afar. I also recently moved out of Boston, which is great, but this has left me cut off from that urban dialogue. The internet keeps me connected, and Artdeal gives me a great vehicle for exchange. I have been fascinated by the medium, I have great faith in what the web is and can be...and I've liked what computers can do as media tools since I bought an Amiga in '85. The chance to make things that can move, make sound, images, and text... that can interact...hey, that's everything I love. Robin: Any advice for individuals
getting started in a creative field, be it Be open. Don't draw hard lines. Be an art lover. Forget about what you think you don't like. Pay attention. To infinity. Trust your hunches, not your acquired opinions. And don't worry. Don't judge yourself before you've given yourself every possible chance. Believe you can do anything. If it turns out you can't, well, what have you lost? Believe in yourself so damn much that when something comes your way that crushes or compromises what you believe(as an artist and human being), you don't even give it a second thought. Robin: What other zines, journals, or art publications do you read? My favorite publication right
now is Art On Paper. It is a wonderful publication with a wonderful
sensibility. I also subscribe to Art in America and ArtForum.
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