American Artist Alice Neel Apr 12, 2008
Alice Neel was born on January 28, 1900 and grew up in Colwyn, Pennsylvania. Her middle-class, conservative parents weren t enthused about their daughter s desire to become an artist, but Alice enrolled in the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now known as Moore College of Art) and told her mother and father that she would be taking the more pragmatic commercial design courses. (Suite101.com)
Overlooked But Groundbreaking Mar 15, 2008
As a curator, Sterling organized surveys of photographer Carrie Mae Weems and painters Sarah Charlesworth, Romaine Brooks and Alice Neel, as well as two rare retrospectives of Brazilian art. In addition, as the curator of contemporary art, she brought more photography, abstract painting and feminist art into the archives. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Immodest proposals Oct 13, 2007
When Alice Neel paints her naked self, palette in hand, at the age of 80 she is doing much the same thing as Lucian Freud in 1993, painting herself as she might any other subject. The younger generation are doing something very different. (Guardian Unlimited)
Film provides fuller picture of artist Aug 19, 2007
Almost seven years ago, the audacious American portrait painter Alice Neel got a pop on the Boston radar when her raw, often sexually-open, candy-colored paintings were the subject of a major show at the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy in Andover. That was just a few years after the publication of a 374-page biography, "Pictures of People: Alice Neel's American Portrait Gallery," by Brandeis University art historian Pamela Allara ... Now a documentary made by her grandson... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Grandson's portrait of painter keeps her mystery intact Aug 18, 2007
The choices painter Alice Neel made for her art resulted in an uneasy life for her family ... Threads of familial frustration twine through "Alice Neel," a documentary about the fractious painter of soulful, expressionistic portraits ... Questions such as these dominate "Alice Neel." It's rich with soapy details, and there's enough emphasis on the art to satiate art-hounds. (Boston Globe)
Call for Artists: Step Into Leonardo's Shoes - 5 Day intensive Anatomy Drawing Workshop Jun 21, 2007
The figure in art history is discussed with reference to art from diverse cultures, from the work of Leonardo himself, to Rodin, Alice Neel, Jenny Saville, and Hokusai. Topics include: muscles, tendons, fascia, joints, bones, movement, expression, human development, perspective, proportion, and the golden section. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Arts Scene: 05/24/07 May 25, 2007
Because of his rapport with artists, his portrait was painted by the likes of David Hockney, Alice Neel, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol, who also produced a 90-minute film of nothing more than Geldzahler smoking a cigar. This documentary includes oodles of historical footage and interviews with many of the art world's stars of the day. (Anchorage Daily News)
The next big thing Mar 3, 2007
Arranged in thematic groups, there are collages of magazine advertisements by Martha Rosler, oil-on-canvas portraits by Alice Neel, an abstract woven sculpture by Magdalena Abakanowicz, a leather-covered wood head by Nancy Grossman, a crocheted environment by Faith Wilding and a video projection of a face in transition by Katharina Sieverding. But the geographical scope of the exhibition shifted from American to international and the time frame vacillated before she settled on the period in and... (Los Angeles Times)
