A conversation with the songwriter and painter on his exhibit “Life, Death, Love and Freedom” and art vs. product.  Read David Masciotra complete phone interview with John after the jump. 

“An artist creates, and what comes out, comes out. I have no control over what other people might think. Creation, whether it’s songs or paintings try to tell a story and try to engage the viewer or the listener,” explains John Mellencamp when asked about the relationship between the paintings in his latest exhibition at ACA Galleries in New York City, entitled “Life, Death, Love, Freedom”