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A conversation with William Bailey.(Interview)

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| December 01, 2003 | Rose, Axl; Strand, Mark | COPYRIGHT 2003 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Editor's note: In Chicago this fall, the poet Mark Strand interviewed the figurative painter William Bailey about the genesis and direction of his art.

MARK STRAND: What was the art like in the late sixties and seventies when you were first showing in New York?

WILLIAM BAILEY: Many different things were happening--there was pop art, conceptual art, and minimal art, photo realism had started out, and there was the beginning of some recognition of straight figurative painting--that is, painting that isn't based on photography, but is based either on direct observation or memory. Around that time, in the late sixties, Gabriel Laderman wrote an article ...

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