The influence of cinema on painting

The Journal of Contemporary Painting invited painters to reflect on how cinema influences their practice. Nine statements are collated here from the artists Mario Rossi, Lydia Dona, Denise Green, David Salle, Jeremy Sharma, Matt Saunders, Dan Hays, Olivier Gourvil and Kaye Donachie. Each offer their own reflections on how film, as both a medium and cultural phenomenon, can be situated with regards to their own practice as well as with respect to how we understand the medium of paint more broadly. The commentaries offer personal, even frank remarks attuned to the specificities of both mediums. The commentaries are introduced with an overview by Sunil Manghani, which includes an account of the film-maker Martin Scorsese remarking on the revered painter, Caravaggio, as a means to turn the lens around to look at how a film-maker regards painting.