Alice Neel: “My analyst said to me, ‘Why is it so important to be honest in art?’ I said, ‘It’s not so important, it’s just a privilege.'” – Quote provided by Suzanne Walker, BA, MA, PhD, BFD
…From the upcoming lecture on Portraiture After Photography – part of our ongoing WTF Art History Lecture series with Suzanne Walker (BA, MA, PhD, BFD). These lectures are one of a kind, and not recorded. Don’t miss this!
“The only art historian I’ve ever wanted to listen to for 2.5 hours” – Lendy Hensley, League Provost
WTF Art History Lecture: Portraiture After Photography Sunday, March 17, 1:00-3:30pm
Active League Students and members are invited to attend WTF Lectures for free. Contact us for your coupon code.
[image_with_animation image_url=”10166″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Max Ernst “Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.” – Max Ernst Max Ernst used texture rubbings to overcome his fear of the white canvas, igniting his imagination. He often put paper to the worn …
Take a class with SAL – anywhere! As difficult as it is to get painters to apply enough paint, it’s even harder to get them to take it back off again, unless they’re trying to rub out a mistake. The “Lift Up” or “Wipe Out” method is not for obliterating mistakes, it’s a fast way to …
Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens. GLABROUS : smooth especially : having a …
I was introduced to Stuart Shils by Mitchel Albala’s landscape painter group. Every time we were grappling with how to handle the boundary where one color meets another – the edge – the group would inevitably mention Shils, then get very quiet, as if for a moment of reverence. He does have some very lovely edges. Notice …
WTF? Alice Neel on honesty in art
…From the upcoming lecture on Portraiture After Photography – part of our ongoing WTF Art History Lecture series with Suzanne Walker (BA, MA, PhD, BFD). These lectures are one of a kind, and not recorded. Don’t miss this!
WTF Art History Lecture: Portraiture After Photography
Sunday, March 17, 1:00-3:30pm
Active League Students and members are invited to attend WTF Lectures for free. Contact us for your coupon code.
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