Jim Carrey and Jerry Saltz on Art and Activism

At Vulture Festival, the legendary Jim Carrey sat down with Senior Art Critic Jerry Saltz to discuss the relationship between art and politics.

[@joanne4692]

Jim, what I've seen of your work is your use of colour and brush stroke.i found really interesting, and it transfers a language in between the lines of conciseness . Right there's, is where I connect with your work. In between the middle and the end. It's so sublime, I could be looking at a blank canvas within the brushstrokes. The most evocative artist have seen in decades. Thank you so much.🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉🎉

[@trillxfizzy]

Jim is a proud Canadian. I wonder why he cares about our country so much. I appreciate that he uses his platform for situations like this. Love what he said about us black Americans. He still gives credit to the Wayans brothers to this day

[@ravindrajahagirdar2701]

Such an intelligent conversation here between the most sensitive and sensible Jim Carrey & equally most sensible and knowledgeable Jerry Saltz...Both making an appeal for justice and truth,fairness and equal society. But only some 300 odd likes ? Are people blind to w hat is meaningful ? Shocked,surprised and amazed that people aren't watching this enough. Ya. Watch this,please.

[@josephwalsh7546]

This crap is even worse than Carey's incredibly bad movies ! Dumb and Dumber in person.

[@JVBLOUIN]

if you put importance on likes and views, you should re evaluate your life. it's your experience, thats all that matter.

[@janicemills8273]

Good for you Jim! We need to follow our passions and callings, however many of them we may encounter. I was a graphic artist, now I have returned to painting, but I am now also an academic! Who knew I could write and research! Because I didn't say no to a new calling.

[@debramoss2267]

The World needs more men like these, this is brave, raw truth and it brings genuine hope to those of us in the rest of the world watching in horror what is happening under that evil. As Jim says, it ripples around the world, our WHOLE world is being destroyed by him, most likely irrevocably? Please no. The rump does have one good feature...he is biodegradable. Keep the message shouted loud, Please. We are watching in hope, every blessing on your great, loud hearts.

[@GiantArtProductions]

its not truth its all lies, holy fuck lol!

[@trillxfizzy]

Give this man a lifetime achievement award

[@TheJ0kersJ0kes]

Was so happy when he got the Charlie chapin brit award because I see him as today's Charlie Chaplin he great at slapstick and can do anything but yes he deffo deserves a Lifetime Achievement award

[@trillxfizzy]

@@TheJ0kersJ0kes yeah loved his speech for the brit award. He deserved it

[@reenierocket]

So cool I came upon this! ❤

[@Tootallspottery]

Love Jim's description of being in the moment when doing his art... Great artist and person!

[@trillxfizzy]

As an artists myself. I can listen to Jim talk all day. Art is a form of expression. Life imitates art and he's my new go-to artists for my own escape from reality during this Donald Trump covid bullshit.

[@momma_goose]

Him and Bill Hicks - the same soul, hands down

[@leonardohummel8658]

Jim Carrey has been a truly amazing, intense {and neurotic} performance artist. I think he took up visual art and painting as an obsession to discover and to (really) manage his insanities and deep grief and sense of loss.

[@marciafarias9724]

Jim Carrey Beautiful and Wonderful 😍❤❤❤❤❤

[@Jimboslice7575]

Seeing Jim's paintings is a great joy to me and an inspiration, but I have to chuckle when Jerry Saltz comes at Trump for calling Adam Schiff, Adam shit, but totally agrees with Jim's stream of insults and name calling towards the president. Keep practicing your free speech! It's our only chance to come close to solving our issues. I still love ya Jim Carrey!

[@magnuskallas]

While it is a nice talk (actually it's a stretch, mostly leftie luvvies bashing the right wing), I hope Jim has reconsidered the meaning of his activism and revaluated the classification of "minions" considering we are now looking at the mess of Biden and Harris (in Jim's own words he wanted Kamala, help me Lord)... and all the woke running amok. Yeah, "free speech" is definitely free in 2022.

[@artsarr1599]

What a exceptionally perceptive insightful and caring human being, and Jerry Saltz. Kidding, we love Jerry. In fact I was looking for him when I found this. Not worry about the view count this is a legacy conversation that will live on, just like Jim’s art

[@ExistNNature]

We Are All One!!! Let's act like it. . Jim Carrey is love. I'm a multifacet artist, therefore I understand how his emotions are detailed in your art. THEM: GO VOTE! ME: WHO'S WORTH VOTING FOR. THEM: DEMOCRATS ME: FOR WHAT? THEY ALL SUCK EVEN REPUBS.

[@lisettespek8950]

The segment (32:00 minutes) addressing healthcare in Canada vs America is NOT an exaggeration! After a series of misdiagnosis and undiagnosis with my Dutch mother and then my Dutch father (emigrating to America over 50 years ago), whose whole family in Holland was cared for graciously by their government… I’ve come close to losing my home. My “Floridian” brother thinks that I deserve this after tripping over myself to help them. He said something like, “you should have thought about yourself first”.

[@tinaverma1835]

1st time i saw jim crying in an interview

[@DanielEisenhutArt]

Remember he is a trained and accomplished artist

[@davidjfesta]

Not mine. What a panzi

[@trillxfizzy]

He cries in other interviews when talking about his parents.

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

I was very surprised at how much I liked Mr. Carrey's art.

[@melaniereeder2349]

I liked Jerry’s art too ❤️

[@DJSTOEK]

🖤

[@wonderzoneshow]

Truth.

[@iordangaming2569]

🙏

[@jolazum]

really a good actor

[@janicemills8273]

I also get very cranky when interrupted when painting. Its amazing how as soon as I pick up the brush, the phone rings! I hate to think what I sound like when I answer the phone (its our business number in the studio). Hey... don't try to talk to Janice when she is painting!

[@maxabeles]

"Jim, how did you meet Jerry?" "We met on a routine cable installation, but I feel I like I've known him my life"

[@dreamartin3175]

Wow. This is amazing.

[@KirillaMihai]

I had to stop at 9:38 went back to Vincent Desiderios lectures and Odd Nerdrums pupils.

[@macklotus6155]

If they give jim carrey the role as the joker i wonder if he could pull it off

[@zeptunerecords]

Say it loud. There's a purge in order. Rock on Jim! 🤘

[@andersliljevall2946]

One cannot compare cartoons with Goya

[@sci-fiblog9285]

💕❤️💕❤️✨🙌😊👌

[@paulinawaas9204]

Love your Art and the message it portrays! You are courageous! Love Saltz style as well!

[@josephwalsh7546]

Since WHEN are anti-Trump rants "courageous" in Hollywood ??

[@H01Y5N1P3R]

why does this have so low views :/

[@AishawithanEye]

Because watching a talented man doodle untalented politicians is boring.

[@H01Y5N1P3R]

@@AishawithanEye his twitter likes seem to show that untalent for sure then.

[@BielichDai]

@@H01Y5N1P3R he's jim carrey... people will like anything he tweets. The art is average at best, and I love jim carrey.

[@AishawithanEye]

Sounds like someone needs to Google themselves a 5th grade education in reading.

[@GiantArtProductions]

because its propaganda, an normielibs are the worst at being anything above room temperature intelligence. no one wants to hear the whining of effete millionaire bugmen.

[@reddnacpil4420]

plus he looks like hes gonna shed a tear any second. what happened to him, i wonder.

[@vilhosaarto8012]

Jim: "he was a vampire", no one else laughs, but interviewer :D

[@marinakoujman7627]

The Sun of Jim Carrey- amazing

[@wisammoeali]

genion canadian actor ,unique comedy style.

[@paulinawaas9204]

Freedom and presence...great art! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@cchemmes-seeseeart3948]

I started viewing this talk with admiration for the legends. Half way through I am baffled at the spirit of this talk?? My reaction is that the prejudiced judge the prejudiced. I am a Christian who sees that Jesus said, "My Kingdom is not of this world;" He was never political, & did not see politics as a solution. So that is not my heart. Nonetheless, I still am shocked at the hateful ranting & see this: Whenever you lump together a whole group of people as being all the same (conservative Christians), & worthy of a spirit of hate & rejection, & see them all as meriting blind judgment, you have yourself become prejudiced. Conservative Christians are far from all the same. That's an illusion & just ignorance- judging what you know nothing really about, while imagining you do, using selective hearing. I hated Christians at one point, because haters misled me, until I prayed for help, & saw God use some of them to miraculously answer my prayers. I'm a Christian because I've seen miraculous proof of the reality of Jesus & the Bible, when praying to know the Truth of life/ existence. I can say, apart from opinion, that the whole spirit of attack is plain wrong. My miracle with prayer has never ceased in 23 years. I've since seen Jim Carrey speaking about Jesus' love, so I won't judge against him. I do believe in religious freedom for all, Christians & non-Christians, with the true spirit intended for this country. Our God Creator of the universe is a God of free will, even in matters of life & death, even for unbelieving atheists heading toward death. Love wins. Peace. Jesus is real; NOT an opinion. Blessings.

[@cchemmes-seeseeart3948]

(clarification: we are all heading toward death physically. the word about atheists heading toward death refers to spiritual death, as well as physical death). Also, after my initial comment, I see some mellowing near the end of the talk, that was not the same spirit as the 1st half that spoke against conservative Christian people as a lump group.

[@leststoner]

Actors

[@OTROHIJO]

no one's perfect

[@cokieeegamer3778]

Te amo Jim soy Vero 💟

[@anthonylopez9594]

Scrambled eggs

[@pokonyan007v2]

he is very sick.... if i ever meet Jim, i would love to give him a hug and tell we all love him

[@sandorbarics2187]

jim is a true inspiration and I like him as an actor but his works are very illustrative for me and I personally are not a fan of his art

[@Chanelgarnham]

Has Jim carrey got a lisp ?

[@proteusaugustus]

I'm calling out Jim Carrey and Jerry Saltz on my channel - Proteus Augustus

[@stavi5643]

🙄🙄🙄

[@MultiSculpt]

Clowns should stick to being clowns 🤡

[@magnuskallas]

I like Jim opening up, sad there's too much political drivel. PS: Jerry Saltz came off as a complete leftie stargazing muppet.

[@marklloyd9584]

As an artist this is insulting and beyond cringe, unwatchable elites slapping themselves on the back, horrid

[@followingthegreatshepherd]

Satan's one world religion is self elevation... to lift ourselves up. Our eyes have been open to good and evil, and we sin because of it. We are not gods, and no man is righteous. Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.

[@keooklipopo4310]

the host is ofucking cringy. what a minute was he calling jim carey a flipping "gatekeeper" i was just htinking "maybe jim carey is a gate keeper". and the mentions it.. he spoke it. so guess good ol' jim is a gate keeper. hide in plain sight

[@babyirene3188]

Can someone please help JIm Carrey?

[@hthomasackermann]

a little knowledge, no matter how humble, is a dangerous thing - especially among media celebs. Just because you believe to know Warhol's message/intent, that doesn't exclude or exonerate you from his insight into your own nature Mr. C. As for Mr. S. , we, the few artists of the world, would appreciate you risking to actually taking a stab at identifying the "spirit of our times" in your "art" criticism instead of that relentless - feel good - feel bad - self-analysis, pretending it is "art commentary". I think your calling may have been in psychology, not art.

[@IGNEO__]

Started well, but soon everything was about crappy politics, what a waste.

[@timbarnardart]

these guys are the worst