Billy Al Bengston
Billy Al Bengston
Billy Al Bengstonis an American artist and sculptor who lives and works in Venice, California. He was educated at Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, CA, California College of Arts & Crafts Oakland, CA, and the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth7 June 1934
CountryUnited States of America
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I never do the cute thing with animals; they are interesting shapes. I just use their profile. Because German shepherds are so easily recognizable, they would fall outside my purview.
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I'm doing what all modern artists do now, which is nothing - just sit around and dream about things. I'll do what they call 'the stroke of genius.'
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The art from the East is influenced by nature and touch. That comes from being more attuned to the environment.
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I owe a great debt to motor-racing, and the first place I went to in Europe when I was 20 was Italy, and I was extremely influenced by it in books until I got there.
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We believed that there's no such thing as good art or bad art. Art is art. If it's bad, it's something else. It was a much, much harder line in the '50s and '60s than it is now, because the idea of art education didn't exist - they didn't have a fine arts program when I was a kid.