Philip Colbert is interviewed by The Courtauld's student paper, The Courtauldian, ahead of his talk at the instititution on 23 January 2018.
"I think that painting is like a language, like poetry or anything else. There is a past and a dialogue, which people enter into with a pre-conceived idea about what that language is. What determines a good painting or a bad painting? That’s what art history is, a shelved collection of references to the past, however, obviously there were lots of great paintings that didn’t make it into art history. This rich record of history creates a language, which is sometimes more interesting to work with than just the contemporary dialogue."
– Philip Colbert
January 19, 2018
