"I still think the social function of art is that kind of negative aesthetic. Otherwise there’s no social function for it."
"No title (Look at me!)" (1985)
"No title (Look at me!)," 1985
Ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches
Photo by Joshua White
Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Ink on paper, 12 x 9 inches
Photo by Joshua White
Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles
"I’ve never considered myself much of a political artist. And most of my art doesn’t really deal in explicitly political issues. But I’m not going to apologize or shy away from it any more than I would any other subject. But there is no area where anyone is dealing with this in the way I am- which is for once not to assume someone automatically has a claim on anyone’s respect, to follow him or to take him seriously."
- Raymond Pettibon



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