Interview with Greg Gossel

a)Greg Gossel
q)Location?
a)Minneapolis, MinnesotaUSA
q)Contact info.?
q)How did you get started making art?
a)I began drawing when I was very young, and just always knew art in some form is what I would do.I then studied graphic design in college, and have continued painting,and working as a graphic designer since.
q)How would you describe your art?
a)The combination of numerous different words and images layered upon one another creating an entirely new composition.
q)Where do you get the inspiration for your art?
a)Life, decay, old billboards, pasted posters, hand painted signs, the city, alleys, music, other artists.
q)What other artists inspire you?
a)Rauschenberg,Basquiat, Twombly, Warhol, Lichtenstein,and many other contemporary artists, too many to name...

q)What is your main medium of choice?
a)Acrylic
Spray paint
Paint markers
Screen printing
Graphite
q)What are you working on now?
a)Preparing new work for an online solo show in February with dirtypilot.com and then creating a new body of work for my upcoming solo show with the shooting gallery in San Francisco, CA this June.
q)What advice could you give to someone who wants to be an artist?
a)Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.

a)Working as a graphic designer
Cooking
Chilling out at home
q)What does music, in its entirety, mean to you?
a)For me art and music are a reflection of life...Expression and creativity...One in the same, just different mediums.Music is very important to me for my work...
q) What does art, in its entirety, mean to you?
a)See above

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