Anna Castleman: New Paintings at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Here are a few images from Anna’s little exhibition at the Art Institute. Karen and I planned a little opening for her, and while none of her little friends were able to come, we had a nice time as a family. All of these painting were done on paper scavenged from a Felix Gonzalez Torres stacked paper work, and most were created using Crayola washable paints. On Mondays, when Anna is with me at the studio, I hang her a sheet of paper. She tells me which colors to dish out onto her plywood pallete and what brush she wants. I encourage her to experiment… some are done with her fingers and hands, and she’s done a couple with plastic bag covered feet and shoes. She often asks for music. Sometimes she is very active and aggressive, sometimes more methodical and cerebral. I just enjoy watching her go. Bottom line is Anna really enjoys painting and this has been a fun project to work on as father and daughter.
Aaron wrote:
I would have killed to have gone to an opening with Juicy Juice.
Posted on 21-Dec-07 at 2:29 pm | Permalink
Joyce Lee wrote:
whoa, too cute!!!
Posted on 22-Dec-07 at 12:05 am | Permalink
Mama Chianti wrote:
Darling Anna, well you are really an artist now…you have suffered for your art. No little friends came to the opening and this is a good sign. Art that is really great art is seldom appreciated in its day. (Just ask Van Gogh and some other guys, too.) And really great art and writing is very, very seldom “popular” or a “best seller”. You haven’t really said anything (there are some fine exceptions to this!) if you make the best seller list as a writer–more true with non-fiction I will concede, and this can be true of visual art, too. So, suffer this marginalization with dignity and perseverence–drink ALL the Juicy Juice yourself and scarf-up those cookies!! You are a lovely artist-in-the-making and at least you weren’t accused of TRACING your art. You’ll have to ask your Papa about that–I wisely made him suffer for his art, too. AND this is why he’s at the AIC today. All my love—and I will buy two of your paintings the next time I come to Chicago to see you, okay? Love, NONA!
Posted on 22-Dec-07 at 12:39 pm | Permalink
the fourth samba wrote:
I didn’t even get to read but that last pic is downright cuteness in a bag! I promise I won’t let Gali see it. Too cute. Nice work too. Ironically enough Gali and I just made some butterfly painitngs today and I thought of posting them. Love and the merriest to you tres. Peace…
Posted on 24-Dec-07 at 4:51 pm | Permalink