6 artists on Decisive Moments Behind Their Work

The German artist Jonathan Meese () tells the story of how his life as an artist began on his 22nd birthday, when he asked his mother to buy him his first drawing materials. American video artist Bill Viola () fell to the bottom of a lake when he was six years old, and discovered a place which seemed like paradise, and caused him to realize that “the real things are under the surface.“ This was the beginning of Violas fascination with water. American photographer Leigh Ledare () talks ab