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Interview with Jimmy Baker
by Alex Couri
2007-05-30

The weekend before coming to install his Rapture exhibition at Roberts & Tilton in Los Angeles, ArtSlant's Alex Couri had the opportunity to converse with Jimmy about his newest work. Alex Couri: Many of your ideas about the future of our technologically-based society are presented in the medium of painting. Can you explain the relationship within an art historical context of your use of such a traditional form of artistic expression? Jimmy Baker: First, I think it's important to acknowledge that the paintings are only one facet of the project. They are really the only pre-mod... [more]