Inspiration is what motivates the artist to do a painting — but one could do a perfectly fine painting without inspiration.
The art and words of African American artists who have studied or taught at the Art Students League
What’s on view in the Art Students League’s Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery this week? Notable works from students in the classes of Arslan, Henry Finkelstein, Greg Follender, Joseph Peller, and Jason Bard Yarmosky.
The creative process is a religious act; you have to be true to it. Show up every day at the same spot in your studio/place of work, and your creativity will show up whether you expect it to or not.
What’s on view in the Art Students League’s Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery this week? Notable work from students in the classes of Susan Cirigliano, Marilyn Friedman, Gregory Lyde Vigrass, Peter Reginato, Larry Poons, Wendy Shalen, and Seiji Saito.
Still life gave me the opportunity to tell stories with the interaction of objects. Whether poetic, or narrative, there is just so much that can be said.
How can I make a poetic, metaphoric painting that speaks to our common humanity and our relationship to nature?
One portrait reveals the interconnections between six artists over three generations.
Q: If you were not an artist, what would you be? A: I would not be.
What’s on view in the Art Students League’s Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery this week? Notable work from students in the classes of Paul Ching-Bor, Silya Kiese, Jill Nathanson, and Deborah Winiarski.
Social media is great for getting your work seen by many people, but it’s a double-edged sword. The presence of galleries is shrinking, and there’s still nothing like standing in front of a work in person, to see the paint and the way the artist handles the brush or the chalk.
At the League
If There Have Always Been Great Women Artists, Where Do We Find Them?
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A review of the exhibition Postwar Women: They Were Always Here, curated by William Corwin, that was on view in the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery this past fall