A New Direction in Art Education, The Florence Academy of Art, Andy Warhol, and a New Aesthetic Movement, by Dr. Gregory Hedberg, is an excellent article that explains the evolution of academic art in the past two decades. I was part of the larger group; when I graduated...
The Modern Art movement was dominated by abstraction; however, now there is an abundance of representational painters who are looking back, before Modernism, for inspiration. People all over the world are hungry for high-quality artwork with technical mastery and heartfelt content that reflects today's concerns. This is evident in Odd...
It's surprising that in 1995 I was unaware of the Realist movement, but if you had asked me how I felt about the state of the art world, my opinion would have been completely in line with the Derriere-Garde. When I graduated from high school, I was shocked to hear...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgXHwPHDEFw&NR=1&feature=fvwp I took a painting class with Steven Assael at The NYAA. His paintings and drawings are amazing. I was surprised to find such a nice documentary on him. It is important to understand how figurative work fits into the art world today. ...