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...work baffled the public, critics and his friends, who had not followed its evolution. "He had been working in secret and none of his friends knew about the paintings," says Temkin. "They knew him as a writer. What kind of nerve did he have to pick up a paintbrush?" Between 1951 and 1958 there were no more solo shows, and Newman was included in just one group exhibit. Things only began to look up in 1958 when his third solo show took place. Temkin finds the paintings he made after the early shows, when he withdrew to work in privacy...
...stark lighting give the impression of candid photographs. The subjects display a true-to-life sense of doubt, seemingly about to say, “Hold up, I’m not ready yet,” or maybe, “What are you doing with that paintbrush?” An extraordinary spontaneity and intimacy create the sense that these are the types of portrait you’d want to have of a very close loved...
Choral music begins and the ad then shows Keplinger at work with a paintbrush strapped to his head. His words border the bottom of the shots of his work, reading, "I speak to the world in color and light" and "Art gives me a way to express myself." The ad concludes with Keplinger struggling to say, "I'm unbelievably lucky." If you missed it, I encourage you to go to www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/sb01/index.htm...
...Neel's to completely reveal her subjects which makes her work stunning. Appropriately, her "Self-Portrait" (1980) awaits visitors at the entrance to the show, on the landing of the Addison's second floor. An 80-year-old Neel sits naked except for a pair of glasses and a paintbrush. It's an unabashed image of an old woman; no attempt is made to disguise the pendulous breasts and sagging face...
...love late bloomers. Knowing that Grandma Moses first picked up a paintbrush at 76 or that Ray Kroc launched the world's largest fast-food chain at 52 plants tiny seeds of hope in each of us ordinary mortals that we may one day burst into flower too. And if experts are correct, we may just have a chance. Life expectancy has increased some 30 years during the past century, and much of that time, it seems, has been added not to the end of our life but to the middle, extending the time we live as healthy, active adults...