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5 Questions: John McCracken

Source: The List (Issue 635)
Date: 23 July 2009 (updated 12 Aug 2009)

This article is from 2009.

American minimalist sculptor John McCracken’s surfboard-inspired objects, with their bold use of colour and form, have influenced generations. As Inverleith House prepares to unveil his first solo exhibition in Scotland he tackles our Q & A

5 words to describe your show at Inverleith House?
Minimal, maximal, 3D, colour, space.

Which 4 visual artists should be better known than they currently are?
James Hayward, Gregory Botts, Jenny Hankwitz, Gail Barringer.

Which 3 shows in this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival programme particularly excite you?
Eva Hesse, Callum Innes, Jupiter Art Land.

Which 2 artists have been the most influential on your work?
Barnett Newman and whoever made the diorite statue of King Khafre (builder of the second pyramid at Giza).

1 word that sums up how you feel about making art.
Good.

Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith House, 248 2983, 6 Aug–11 Oct (not Mon), free.