What is art for you?
Art is a mystery. I’m always making art and writing about art and thinking about art. Art is constantly being reevaluated. I think it’s the challenge of uncovering more aspects of this mysterious thing that no one seems to resolve.
Where do you find your inspiration?
I like German Expressionism, old master paintings and various 19th century artists. My short list of artists who inspire me would be: Van Gogh, Basquiat, De Kooning, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Francis Bacon, David Hockney and more. I’m always looking at other art for inspiration.
Noah Becker, Still Life, 2020, 48 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas. 
Noah Becker, The Collector’s Ranch, 2021, 48 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas
How would you describe your work?
Something I would’ve abandoned a long time ago if it wasn’t really good. But I have a talent and sometimes I look at my work and feel amazed. Not in an ego sort of way but in a way where it’s really speaking to me like great art does.
What is your workflow?
Sometimes I’ll just start by making a drawing. And drawings can be kind of free and expressive. Then I’ll convert that drawing into a painting. But sometimes I just paint something. I spent some time with Frank Stella and he taught me a lot about how to start a painting. It’s kind of like you start something and then run out of energy and finish it later.
It’s what the abstract expressionists called the „leftover space.“ So, I think about how to deal with that after my first run at a picture.
Noah Becker, Landscape Near a Factory, 2021, 48 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas 
Noah Becker, Pomp and Circumstance, 2021, 48 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas
Pomp and Circumstance, 2021, 48 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas
You are also the founder of „Whitehot Magazine“.
Yes and the magazine is a very popular art magazine now after 15 years. I started hosting a Whitehot Magazine art world podcast recently, which is worth checking out. It’s been a personal history altering experience working with the magazine. My personal history changed and we have also directly changed the history of art.
What is your focus in terms of content?
We started as a very Warholian thing in a sense. But we also like to just let what’s happening in the world be mirrored in what we’re publishing about. The focus is what the writers bring in. We select what is to be published from what the writers are seeing in the world.
How does social media influence your life?
Social media takes up a lot of time. I think we’ve been pushed into the addiction of social media through smart phones. So I try to do tangible things on social media and promote my work. I don’t play a lot of online games or other things. My interaction with social media is publishing and art.
What are you currently working on?
I’m working on some 6′ x 5′ paintings – bigger paintings. My standard size is 4′ x 3′ and I’m working on the idea of my art. The idea of my art is kind of like a landscape scenario with various things happening in each landscape. It’s a bit like installation the way it’s put together and thought of. I’m trying to make it something that is perpetual in the sense that I can keep exploring it.
Podcast. Art World: Whitehot Magazine with Noah Becker
Noah Becker – www.noahbeckerart.com
