One of artist Tofer Chin’s favorite art memories involves passing notes under a glass door at the Hammer Museum with Barry McGee.
“One night around midnight, I was coming home from a late night class I had at Otis and I saw Barry McGee painting through the window at the Hammer Museum. So I got out of the car and was just staring at him. Then he started talking to me through the window,” says Chin. “He was locked in the museum. We kept talking and exchanged drawings underneath the museum door.”
That coincidental magical moment, when a young artist meets one of their older artist heroes and actually makes a connection – a memory that will continue to influence them creatively – always happens by chance.
That happened more than 10 years ago, back when Chin was an undergraduate at Otis College of Art and Design. Since then, he’s had solo shows in San Francisco, New York, and Barcelona, created large public installations in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, and published two books of photography (Finger Bang and Vacation Standards).
Watch the video of Tofer Chin at work and read more: http://www.craveonline.com/art/899831-wall-wall-tofer-chin-inspirations-angulations-egg-men#McS8OrLz2csWeA2r.99
