We must see to it that the man looking at the picture has at hand everything he needs to paint a nude. If you really give him everything he needs — and the best — he’ll put everything where it belongs, with his own eyes. Each person will make for himself the kind of nude he wants, with the nude that I will have made for him.
I am very proud of the effort that went into this show and of the final result…. everyone seemed to have a good time, and the article in the leader newspaper definitely brought people in. I will do a proper post mortem later…. then I will get stuck into cleaning the horrific bombsite that is my studio and get it running again.
We must see to it that the man looking at the picture has at hand everything he needs to paint a nude. If you really give him everything he needs — and the best — he’ll put everything where it belongs, with his own eyes. Each person will make for himself the kind of nude he wants, with the nude that I will have made for him.
almost finished painting – (there’s one that needs a little something extra, but I don’t know what yet). almost finished cleaning the sides and stringing the backs – I’ve framed the watercolors (don’t ask about the stress that was!… sometimes it seems sad, sometimes it seems peaceful, but I’m really getting to be happy with the lines and shapes in this piece.
We must see to it that the man looking at the picture has at hand everything he needs to paint a nude. If you really give him everything he needs — and the best — he’ll put everything where it belongs, with his own eyes. Each person will make for himself the kind of nude he wants, with the nude that I will have made for him.
[From Paul Rapoport on Nude Children in Aussie Art: Kids need protection, but art isn’t porn – Full Comment ] This is some of the sanest arguing on this subject I have seen…. I believe that they are tackling this issue the wrong way and in a way that will ultimately be more harmful for children…. in other words, “we don’t like the results the classification board is giving so we are going to change them to suit our own means”.
I’ve been meaning to update you all on the new paintings I’ve been doing, the news from this show and other shows and all the little bits that go into making an exhibition work…. I reassure myself that it will be better when it’s over, then I have the depression to contend with and finally the rest before ramping up to the next one…. so we panic and stress and worry, then the absence of that stress and panic and this thing that we’ve thrown ourselves into is over all too fast and we crash.
We must see to it that the man looking at the picture has at hand everything he needs to paint a nude. If you really give him everything he needs — and the best — he’ll put everything where it belongs, with his own eyes. Each person will make for himself the kind of nude he wants, with the nude that I will have made for him.
A few months ago I was invited to be a Founding Artist of DA, invited from this blog as a matter of fact! it turns out they had been watching my performance as a best seller on BoundlessGallery for a while. you can check out my new digs at http://www.discoveredartists.com/jennierosenbaum I’m very excited to be a part of this project, so far the organization, communication and website design are fantastic and I’m looking forward to seeing where it goes in the future!
We must see to it that the man looking at the picture has at hand everything he needs to paint a nude. If you really give him everything he needs — and the best — he’ll put everything where it belongs, with his own eyes. Each person will make for himself the kind of nude he wants, with the nude that I will have made for him.
Jennie's Palette 