I remember one time around 2002..Bart was getting ready for a show in NY...I was living next to his studio in Chinatown. I think Bart's ass must've been really numb..because he would work about 12-14 hours a day everyday. Sitting and drawing...then smoking cigarettes. Drawing some more. I've always been impressed by his ability to focus for such long periods of time, personally I can't last more than 4-6 hours at any given stretch...People can forget how boring and lonely being a painter can be...the intense visibilty and celebration of an art opening is but a brief and giddying exception to what is primarily a monastic existence.
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