The Metropolis

"Fail better". We grab a minute with artist Roger Kite at his new exhibition in Bethnal Green

Gavin Mecaniques | Wednesday 21 November, 2012 12:08

I want people who see my work to
Use their imagination and draw their own conclusions, there is no prescription for what they are supposed to see or make of the paintings.

I was drawn to painting because
It allows me to discover things that I never knew existed.

The best thing about my job as an artist
Is that no one can tell me what to do.

The artists that inspire me are
Too numerous to mention including many from the distant past whose names we do not know.

You must go and see
Hiroshi Sugimoto together with late Rothko at Pace Gallery and Bronze at the RA.

The best advice I can give is
Try again, fail better (Samuel Beckett).

What I love and hate most about London
I love the cultural diversity and richness of museums and galleries and I hate the unnecessary noise such as being bombarded with announcements on the tube.

I last cried when
I listened to kd lang singing ‘The Valley’ (Hymns from the 49th Parallel)

Pathways, an exhibition by Roger Kite, is open till 16.12.12 at Acme Project Space Studios, Bethnal Green, London E2 9JS

Photos of Roger © Gavin Mecaniques

See also:

Photographer Mike Tsang on the blessing and the curse of growing up a Chinese Londoner
Pigs ear bunting, sex-faced elephants and a ten foot high bra. Meet the art of Ayuko Sugiura

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