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Painter Doug Safranek’s Personal History with Eggs and an Ancient Medium
Artsy Feb 5, 2016 Without realizing it, Doug Safranek got pulled into the very long history of the medium of egg tempera when he decided to become a painter. In 1980, Safranek started in the MFA program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which remained, at that time, devoted in part to a curriculum of classical techniques. Read more -
The Surprising Vision of Artist Faith Ringgold
NPR, Celeste Headlee Dec 26, 2013 Legendary artist Faith Ringgold began her career in 1963 — the same year as the March on Washington. She talks to guest host Celeste Headlee about her life, work and why no one originally wanted to hear her story. Read more -
Faith Ringgold’s ‘American People, Black Light’
The Washington Post, Lonnae O'Neal Parker Jun 13, 2013 Fifty years after the racial upheaval of the 1960s, Americans often like to say they don’t see color. They pretend not to see it even when it’s right in front of their faces, says artist Faith Ringgold. It’s a worldview she finds delusional, counterintuitive and impossible for artists like herself who traffic in color and shades of meaning. Read more
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Why Does John Baeder Paint Diners?
Design Observer, Steven Heller Nov 3, 2009 John Baeder paints diners. His goal for the past three decades has been to record on canvas and paper just about every diner, roadside eatery, and virtually every possible monument of American consumer culture. Read more -
ART REVIEW; Life's Abundance, Captured in a Collage
The New York Times, Michael Kimmelman Oct 15, 2004 IN July 1963, a month before the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, Romare Bearden met with a group of other black artists in his studio on Canal Street to talk about what they should do for civil rights. "Western society, and particularly that of America, is gravely ill, and a major symptom is the American treatment of the Negro," Bearden said. "The artistic expression of this culture concentrates on themes of 'absurdity' and 'anti-art,' which provide further evidence of its ill-health." Read more
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