Dan Reeder – Kamikaze Art and Philosophical Folk Music - Interview

Do you have any artistic role models?
Dan Reeder: Lots of them…Uh, I am a fan of David Schrigley. He does sort of what I do, only better. I also like Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Jeff Coons, John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Pink, Marvin Gaye, Dolly Parton, Jeff Beck and Aretha Franklin…and the list keeps getting longer.

Do you get angry about criticism?
Dan Reeder: No. I pretend like I didn’t even hear it, and then I think about it.

What are you proud of?
Dan Reeder: Sometimes, I look at what I’ve done and think it was a waste of a life. Other times I look at what I’ve done and think it was exactly what this world needed.

Where would you like to be exhibited once in your lifetime?
Dan Reeder: Any national magazine, for example Time Magazine or The New York Times newspaper. Something big, important…to be taken seriously, I think that would be good.

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