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Melissa Hoesman Johnson
2005 Grad University Of Tennessee, B.A. Painting, Drawing/ Art History
My senior thesis at U.T. was a presentation on the artist Phillip Guston and his late work (1967-1980). I read numerous articles about his work written by art critics and curators over several decades, which were printed in the New York Times and other prestigious papers (1940's-1980). With the articles I followed the changes in his work and realized how manipulative criticism is to an artist- esp in New York. The harsh criticism lead Guston away from the New York art world, into seclusion in Woodstock New York where his truly personal work flourished- inspired by the New Left and the "revolutionary" music of Bob Dylan, and the Woodstock Music Festival.=====
My latest 4 paintings are images taken from old Life Magazines and published photos from the 60's. I am interested in this era and the mind-set people had, the influence of McCarthyism and how these codes- as I like to think of them- still guide our minds today. I place collage in my paintings to expose the thoughts of the subjects, what people might be thinking but don't always say--- giving thoughts a space to be seen by others goes against the anti-revolutionary efforts of strict social conformities and religious influences that I think were subtly emplemented during the Cold War.
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我最喜欢的
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Cecily Brown, Neo Rausch, Anselm Kiefer, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard, and Phillip Guston. |
| 电影 |
Dune, David Lynch's movies, Matthew Barney's Creamaster Series,Harold and Maude, Bill Murray- Groundhog Day and Caddyshack, Pink Panther/ Peter Sellers, and my fav- The Sound of Music |
| 书 |
Currently bedside; The Conspiracy of Art- by Jean Baudrillard, The Botany of Desire- by Michael Pollan,German For Reading Knowledge- by Jannach and Allan Kaprow's The Blurring of Art and Life |
| 地方 |
Anna Maria Island "Old Florida style", anywhere in and around New York City- including the subway, Charleston S.C. and St. Augustine Florida- for the history, Catalina Island California, my grandparent's farm up in Indiana. |
| 人 |
My friends from the art program at the University of Tennessee have continued to be very supportive and we remain in touch. |
| 电视剧 |
Art:21/PBS,History Channel, Sundance Channel, CBS Sunday Mornings, Turner Cinema Movies |
| 音乐 |
1960-1975 favorite era of music; everything from Elton John and the Moody Blues, to Motown and Marvin Gaye, to Sinatra's lounge music. |
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我最不喜欢的
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Cheesey or stylized. |
| 电影 |
Horror after 1970. From Nosferatu (1913)to 1970 is cool, hate PORN; stupid storylines- when people, esp women, die or get hurt through violence. |
| 书 |
same as above |
| 地方 |
Touristy places with the big shopping outlets like Pigeon Forge Tennessee. |
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People who do not raise their level of observation and look at life with more than one perspective. People who like to be lied to, deceived, or those who don't question their own motives or existence. |
| 电视剧 |
TV Dramas- no soaps or reality TV |
| 音乐 |
No Techno, unless I get to go to Germany and hang out in a disco- then it would have to be tolerable |
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我的兴趣
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| I want a minifarm one day full of goats...make blue cheese and yougurt |
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我的运动和喜好
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| I wish I could play more tennis. |
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Kádár Tamás <TamasKadar>
You have a lot of topic in your artworks, that's cool. Take it easy.
"De ez már egy másik történet és elbeszélésé re egy másik alkaommal kerül sor. " Michael Ende |
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