Artist Jamian Juliano-Villani on SpaghettiOs and total artistic freedom | UNDER THE COVER

Jamian Juliano-Villani’s 2019 painting Crunchie Boy, My Son graces the cover of Artforum’s April issue. Just days before the closing of her exhibition “It” at Gagosian, Artforum executive editor Lloyd Wise met with the artist to discuss the brand identity of SpaghettiOs, her Australian Shepard Tim, and importance of total artistic freedom.
Video direction and edit: Brian J. Green
Assistant camera and sound: Agasha Irving

[@Luigibandoni]

what a powerhouse this woman

[@gryphonrue]

Great ending, good reminder, thanks Jamian.

[@vanessagumdrop9913]

I mean shouldn’t this be Henry’s show he’s the real artist.

[@TheKunstlich]

Greatest april fools joke ever! 🤙

[@FunkFight1]

I wanna hear from Henry now. Does he have a last name? What does she actually give him- besides the ones that are pictures that she found, like the mannequin ones, the spaghettios, and the Alex Katz one from found adverts? In those cases (all of them?), for her to then say the only influence Henry had on the art was choosing the material it was painted on is dishonest.
I DO like her statement at the end that we are artists and we can do whatever the fuck we want. That's true and yes there is an art to deciding what is to be painted- like a DJ, but lets also be confident enough to not claim we're doing more than we are.

[@athorninmyflesh]

Good discussion, wish there was more.
public vs private persona is a fascinating topic as well as outsourcing painting.

[@franciskippendorf4903]

Is this Artforum or a SNL sketch?

[@ulyssesishere]

i am appalled that she outsourced her paintings… i hope this is not the standard or becoming the standard

[@gibberishboner8776]

and her reason about outsourcing the actual painting from CHINA is "why the fuck not?" and this is her solution for the gallery's supply and demand. What the heck??

[@dislikebutton1718]

Rich kids make good art.

[@tomothyfoolery5334]

The editing is weird(not good) in this interview.. This interview bugs me… in a good way. Thinking a lot about creation, what makes the artist the artist, should art have soul or purpose etc…… either way i find her incredibly annoying, and Henry incredibly talented

[@cedarraine7829]

Looks like a random AI mash up

[@paulwoodford1984]

Seems like she still smokes. she has the smokers voice only chain smokers have

[@anonniftian2630]

This lady looks like she’s playing a character and guy interviewing her is just as fake

[@perditachavez]

so the green character in the painting which is the cover of artforum, is stolen from a great artist called Henri Galeron and his picture book titled "Comment chasser un monstre ?"

[@paulwoodford1984]

She has assistants that paint for her as well.

[@YOUU-TOUBERR]

What a horrible duo