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DV From the studio

Studio Visit at the Clemente – January 2021

“I begin by thinking… Looking into an artist’s studio is a bit like looking into an artist’s brain — Artists Alliance Inc. and The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center and present the 24th edition of The Clemente Open Studios from January 28 through January 31, 2021. Despite unprecedented individual and institutional challenges, which …

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2 short digital films from 2020-1

The headlines tell us we are living through a historic time, but this seems a promise—a consolation prize of sorts—as from moment to moment I feel lost in time. It is as if time has ceased to move forward at all. The historical event promised to us comes from imagining ourselves on the other side …

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Art and Artists Artist Talk

Art Break at the Getty

I am going to give a short talk and share with you two works of my own making and we will all look together at a third work, a Dutch Drawing, that is in the Getty’s collection. First Slide Please – Slide 1 – Mirror 1 This first image is an oil painting I made …

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Art and Artists

The Green’s Out.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at the Huntington GREEN The pointed fingers of glass hang downwards. The light slides down the glass, and drops a pool of green. All day long the ten fingers of the lustre drop green upon the marble. The feathers of parakeets–their harsh cries–sharp blades of palm trees–green, too; green needles glittering in the …

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Distraction

The headlines tell us we are living through a historic time, but this seems a promise – a consolation prize of sorts – as from moment to moment I feel lost in time. It is as if time has ceased to move forward at all. The historical event promised to us comes from imagining ourselves …

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