Artwork Archive Interview with Baseman

Artwork Archive’s blog recently featured an interview with Gary Baseman, in which the artist discusses how his lived experiences of love and loss drive his artistic practice. Baseman talks at length about being inspired by Blackie the Cat.

“As an artist, if I can create something that’s unique, that’s special — that I know could not have existed if it wasn’t for me existing — then I have a kind of purpose on earth,” he says.