The reasons why my interview with Pedro Velez from 2007 is misleading

I've been told by friends that this would be important to blog, so I am blogging it..

To most people who view an old interview/studio visit I did with Pedro Velez in 2007, it's a horrible interview.. But there are still people who are not skeptical of how I & my work are presented in it.

At the time- I was being bullied, threatened & harassed by a Chicago 'painter' (& some might say I still am) & Velez was seeking to align himself with him.. Also Velez is a former 'artist' cum 'critic'-.

There has been a decent amount of my work that I am willing- to share on the net since 2007 (CLICK) & this finished work & more was available in my studio at the time of Velez's visit.. But instead of noting the literature that I read- & instead of taking a half way decent photograph of plenty of finished work, he took a bad & poorly edited photo of the top- of a minor & unfinished small painting & described it in a way that is self explanatory as to his internalized notions of me & my work..

The interview speaks for itself (again for most skeptical people) but in case there is need for clarification- the flattery of being compared to Leon Golub & some noteworthy attention to my Hamas series aside- Velez was basically trying to intentionally or unintentionally make me look bad.


Link to old 'interview' of 2007: (click)
ALIVE AND KICKING
by Pedro Vélez
part 1: The Studios