What’s on view in the Art Students League’s Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery this week? Notable work by students in the classes of Garin Baker, Karen O’Neil, and Edmond Rochat.
What’s on view in the Art Students League’s Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery this week? Notable work by students in the classes of Peter Bonner, Bruce Dorfman, and Margaret McCann.
Creating is not necessarily putting a mark on a page. Observing and dreaming are all part of the creative process.
What qualities in the human spirit are unchanging and compelling, and how can an artist convey these, building on the achievements of the past while innovating for a contemporary audience?
An easel once owned by two great American artists will now display work by current Art Students League instructors.
All good artists feel that their ultimate goal has yet to be achieved, and each artwork is only a partly successful attempt to reach that goal. It drives artists to continue to create and explore.
I didn’t call myself an artist until I felt I had earned it by making work that was really worth something.
Will they succeed in upending the modernist canon?
I try to draw every day. It does not have to be great; I just do it. I carry a tiny Moleskin sketchbook and Micron pens with me, and I sketch on the subway. Should I see a scene that has a special appeal, I will draw it.
Too many artists, and way too many people, are bent on impressing more than connecting with others. Impressing is walling yourself off, connecting is letting your guard down, which takes more confidence and guts than the self-effacing get credit for.