Euan Uglow found that oxymoronic sweet spot to which Degas aspired: to be famous and unknown.
In surveying figuration in American art, the Yale exhibition expands its declared focus on public art in general or murals in particular.
I absolutely adore the quality of intrepid joy in people who are playfully game to try anything once and boldly go forth into the unknown.
George B. Bridgman was the preeminent instructor of figure drawing in this country during the first half of the twentieth century and is credited with having taught close to 70,000 students, from illustrators to the avant-garde. What makes his lessons so enduring?
Art in general isn’t nearly as fun or powerful in this age. You could say there’s a positive side to all the access we have to art, as well as the exposure, as artists, we can get outside of the traditional structures. But I wonder if it’s worth what we gave up.
Notable work from students in the classes of Janet A. Cook, Christopher Gallego, Leonid Gervits, Oscar Garcia, and Marshall Jones.
Notable work from students in the classes of Costa Vavagiakis, Robin Smith, Jeff Buckland, Jerry Weiss, Paul Oestreicher & Christopher Raccioppi, and Gregg Kreutz.
Notable work from students in the classes of Dan Gheno, John Varriano, Cliff Dufton, and Hak Sul Lee.
Notable work from students on the classes of Anthony Antonios, Ellen Eagle, Sigmund Abeles, Peter Golfinopoulos and Donna Mitchell, and Eric March.
What’s on view in the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery? Notable work by students in the classes of Naomi Campbell, Barney Hodes, Ricky Mujica, and Bennett Vadnais