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...anyone say plagiarism? American art? I don’t think so!” Not only is this characterization wildly misguided—as a brief inquiry into Thomas’ biography reveals—it distracts from developing a more appropriate reading of the painting??s intended significance, as well as the Obama’s motivations for chosing...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Davis Deals With Controversy Over Art in ‘America’s House’ | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...parking lots it is about stretching the definition of the sport—tying its origins in British prisons and alleyways and boarding schools to its current spectacular global form.Michele ZalopanyMichele Zalopany is a returning visiting faculty member and will teach her last term of “Watercolor Painting?? this fall. Born in Detroit in 1955, her work centers around the social and political themes of her childhood. Her paintings, done in a photographic style, depict American people and iconography. They are included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum and the San Francisco Museum...

Author: By Sophie O. Duvernoy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Visiting Faculty Bring Diverse Experiences to VES Dept. | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...would become an inspiration for the Chinese cinematic revolution in the decade that followed. The 1984 film “Yellow Earth” from director Chen Kaige is just one of the many works that bears the influence of “Father,” sharing the painting??s piercing insights into rural Chinese life in the face of a changing nation...

Author: By Crystal Huang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: China's 'Yellow Earth' To Screen at Brattle | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...Mitchnick’s departure—more than just the loss of a beloved mentor—may point to a larger trend in VES. As a teacher known for her intense focus on the more traditional and basic techniques behind painting??from the origins and mixing of paints to the stretching of canvas—many view her leaving as the loss of a more traditional teaching approach to painting and a shift toward a more conceptually driven department. A shift not all are welcoming with open arms...

Author: By Erika P. Pierson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sketchy Future for VES | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...list of like, 200 phrases. Then for the final painting we were supposed to loosely combine them into one big painting, somehow synthesize them. Conceptually it’s incredibly difficult to go from something so small to something so large...I had never worked with oil before this painting??the other paintings were in acrylic. Acrylic is cool, but oil is much more seductive. You get to sit there and play with it...I’m dealing with some pretty loaded imagery. One of the first things our professor said in the final critique was that...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ROVING REPORTER: VES 25: Non-Observational Painting | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

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