I’d like to think I have somehow connected or tapped to our collective subconscious, but in a sense I am just pulling ideas off the morning news. The… - Joe Lewis

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I’d like to think I have somehow connected or tapped to our collective subconscious, but in a sense I am just pulling ideas off the morning news. The real challenge is to make art out of these bits and pieces of our reality. I am a third-generation artist raised in the ghetto who was classically educated. This had its assets and liabilities.

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About Joe Lewis

Joe Lewis (born 1953 in New York City) is a visual artist, photographer, musician, and art critic. He was dean of University of California, Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts.

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Alternative Names: Joseph S. Lewis III Joseph Lewis Joseph S. Lewis Joseph Lewis III

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