World famous

In New York I made abstract paintings. The words that sometimes appear on them are inspired by the directness of communication that I encountered all the time.

Nothing in the world can measure up to New York. Everything about this city has been described with hyperbole. Empire State Building is 'The World's most famous building' and Macy's is 'The World's largest store'. State Governor Mario Cuomo said a day after the World Trade Center car park bombing that New York City was still 'The safest city in the World' because it was protected by 'The World's best police force'. In New York you cannot escape that strong desire to be competitive. So I made the World's greatest paintings. I numbered them and sometimes made more than one on a canvas.

New York 1992-1995