rayel
rayel talks to himself 20.11.09 11 PM
| rayel- | When and where were you born? |
| rayel- | 1965 in El Paso, Texas. |
| rayel- | Are you a cowboy? |
| rayel- | No, I’m an Indian. |
| rayel- | Do you do drugs? |
| rayel- | Not anymore. |
| rayel- | Did you go to art school? |
| rayel- | Does it look like it? |
| rayel- | Who are some of your favorite artists? |
| rayel- | Basquiat, Tapies, Dieter Roth. And Tracey Emin, because she doesn’t give a fuck about what people think about her and she tells the truth. She has courage. I can really relate to her. I was abused, spent years in hospitals for drug and alcohol addiction, had depression, attention deficit syndrome and am generally a little crazy. That is part of what makes me who I am and definitely an element of my expression as an artist. Dirty shit, but I don’t need to hide anything. |
| rayel- | How would you describe your art? |
| rayel- | I think it falls into the category of “a four-year old could do that.” Certainly nothing monumental or new. It is like vomiting, only in a good way. |
| rayel- | One last question. Don’t you think it is a bit weird to interview yourself? |
| rayel- | Yeah. But nobody else asked me. |
Artist Statement
I am not interested in making beautiful or technically developed paintings. I want to summon the ghosts inside of me.
The one in question is all fully biodegradable material and categorized as “rayel”. rayel hates me. I like rayel. - Peter Gabriel 1974
Don’t look at me. I’m not your kind. I’m rayel. (from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
*rayel was spelled R-A-E-L
Ausstellungen
| 2010 | “r9” (paintings), Sautter + Lackmann, Hamburg, Germany, January 2010 |
Other
| Books | Unique, handmade art books available at Sautter + Lackmann |
| Video | rayel- Not Heavy 2009 |




