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...There is just a tremendous amount of flux going on with how art is constructed and theorized and produced, and that is felt by all institutions,” says VES Director of Undergraduate Studies Robb Moss...
...what Nancy does isn’t hip enough,” Rojer says, referring to Mitchnick’s attention to the fundamentals of painting technique. “If it’s not going on in the insular, coastal, and market-driven art world, then the VES department doesn’t really care...
...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...
...Everyone thinks they can talk about art, they think that painting is a hobby, but it’s like operating on a patient.” says one member of the VES faculty who asked not to be named. “For someone who is a real painter, it’s a very serious thing, it is a profession, and at most schools they seem to understand that except here...
...Beattie proposes that this shift, if it indeed exists, may be an effort to intellectualize VES in order to legitimize its existence within an Ivy League university. “The trouble with art at an elite institution is there is such an importance place on codifying quality and excellence here,” he says. “When people are making creative speculative work, it’s frightening, because they don’t know how to measure that or teach that, because it is so subjective...