Leonard Baskin addressed the Holocaust late in life and more than fifty years after the war, but when he finally confronted the theme, he did so with ferocity.
Most of my images are sparked by vistas from my studio or home and also from iconic objects that are in my studio.
Kollwitz’s art was both a response to the suffering of others and a processing of personal experience. For Kollwitz, character born of hardship was indistinguishable from—lo, was the necessary source of—beauty.
For a very long time I thought art was all about esthetics, beauty, grace. I did not look at other dimensions, such as distortions, unbalance, pain, darkness. Now I try to reach both, very much like in nature, there is life and death.
I look through my sketch books to uncover ideas and images that stimulated me but which I didn’t flesh out at the time. This recalls me to myself and my sensibilities which often jump-starts new work.
Notable works from students in the classes of Sylvie Covey, Bill Behnken, Barney Hodes, Richard Pantell, and Michael Pellettieri
The art and words of African American artists who have studied or taught at the Art Students League
An exhibition celebrating how Art Students League grants expand and transform artistic practice
At the League
The Art Students League Presents Its Annual Instructors’ Exhibition
Sep 9, 2019, 8:43 PM
This year’s exhibition features nearly one hundred of the League’s diverse faculty and reflects the broad range of approaches and techniques of these contemporary artists.
Notable works from the classes of Bill Behnken, Jeff Buckland, Syvlie Covey, Yasumitsu Morito, Richard Pantell, and Michael Pellettieri.