Europe Gets Introduced To A Great American Portraitist, Alice Neel.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggB40ArGmxMyvlkQN60K96VEpw24HWWc51T7YCMHu0PkwwbKdjlkbTXPazaoRwBkM3Mj66pYvRodX6mSFKNa4TOD-N5SpVgudgl_Te4n4pR-qFU2y-AbqimSjJr40RE_4aawNP2oIuiks/s1600/Picture+15.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497534666568953426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggB40ArGmxMyvlkQN60K96VEpw24HWWc51T7YCMHu0PkwwbKdjlkbTXPazaoRwBkM3Mj66pYvRodX6mSFKNa4TOD-N5SpVgudgl_Te4n4pR-qFU2y-AbqimSjJr40RE_4aawNP2oIuiks/s400/Picture+15.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 510px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: detail from Alice Neel's 1965 portrait of Hartley, the artist's son.</span> </span><br /><br />An inspiring exhibition, and the first major retrospective of one of the 20th century's greatest portrait painters, American artist <a href="http://www.aliceneel.com/">Alice Neel</a>, has made its way to London's <a href="http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/"> Whitechapel Gallery</a> after debuting last fall at the <a href="http://www.mfah.org/">Museum of Fine Arts, Houston</a>.<br /><br />The late artist, who passed away in 1984, one of my personal favorites who clearly inspired several of my other favorite portrait painters (<a href="http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/freud_lucian.html">Lucian Freud</a>, <a href="http://www.davidhockney.com/">David Hockney</a> and <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/">David Tomb</a>) and is best known for her portraits of celebrated artists and writers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoBCWoU-IT6XFVQaaOXXNk5zck_RKsSwXlkSejP8myt09-G6KXCadEoKh-2GKo77fxw-iMtjoYwU9aDOjbGXnKZyDgNn1zFOUDaAHzqAyd9-2AI40IBK6EnPcNAuxkj2NfUFJTJ5h46I/s1600/Picture+16.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497535784918921490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoBCWoU-IT6XFVQaaOXXNk5zck_RKsSwXlkSejP8myt09-G6KXCadEoKh-2GKo77fxw-iMtjoYwU9aDOjbGXnKZyDgNn1zFOUDaAHzqAyd9-2AI40IBK6EnPcNAuxkj2NfUFJTJ5h46I/s400/Picture+16.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 576px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: detail from Alice Neel's Portrait of Andy Warhol, 1970<br /><br /></span></span>The comprehensive exhibit, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Alice Neel: Painted Truths</span>, features 68 paintings divided into sections according to Neel´s thematic preoccupations: allegory, the essential portrait, the psychological portrait, portraits from memory, cityscapes, nudes, parents and children, the detached gaze, and old age.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgKFYOTzxxPlSyo0Bu6k_2IjYn-iFsqKkgUIzNT5kEusWLOIC_p1JYeG4Q5mVmI4diT9F9Di1TSQR-7SbH15raaOx9LhhecKQX5Vv2eiMqM-nqlzI-ny2QATCSJKnsnVuSLyBApzz1j0/s1600/Harlem+studio+1944,.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496937777716640786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgKFYOTzxxPlSyo0Bu6k_2IjYn-iFsqKkgUIzNT5kEusWLOIC_p1JYeG4Q5mVmI4diT9F9Di1TSQR-7SbH15raaOx9LhhecKQX5Vv2eiMqM-nqlzI-ny2QATCSJKnsnVuSLyBApzz1j0/s400/Harlem+studio+1944,.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 371px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: A young Alice Neel surrounded by some of her works in her Harlem Studio, 1944. (photo still courtesy of See Think Studios)</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7wIz-ER3Uu-gKv4jF7fHRg8OlN-O0Ltrw1L_DfGg1YW48sysE8p1hBs7UqY8ARrsxCcHBWajnidbTvyakQzT1_6S2SyOy3h90e9orLQYzL3RYEB29wg_OPzfNZ5k6zKNEkUa8q7y1f0/s1600/neel+with+self+portrait.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497538441690423810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7wIz-ER3Uu-gKv4jF7fHRg8OlN-O0Ltrw1L_DfGg1YW48sysE8p1hBs7UqY8ARrsxCcHBWajnidbTvyakQzT1_6S2SyOy3h90e9orLQYzL3RYEB29wg_OPzfNZ5k6zKNEkUa8q7y1f0/s400/neel+with+self+portrait.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 358px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsW7MT-ZXfcMlrejgxuEyfF9QrAshGwMmaWQLm4u_gMoMaXXEVaJX7tesHNK34QV1zoJaDsYTw2XXFwry0WO7l_Qd2y_qEzEE-DIWjcCZFQswVUDMzyG6_nl9jL9iS8CDmyVPH1aEzyRk/s1600/warhol+sitting.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497539061536142370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsW7MT-ZXfcMlrejgxuEyfF9QrAshGwMmaWQLm4u_gMoMaXXEVaJX7tesHNK34QV1zoJaDsYTw2XXFwry0WO7l_Qd2y_qEzEE-DIWjcCZFQswVUDMzyG6_nl9jL9iS8CDmyVPH1aEzyRk/s400/warhol+sitting.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 355px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Alice Neel stands before her 1980 self-portrait, and a 1970 photo by Brigid Berlin of Andy Warhol sitting for Neel.</span></span><br /><br />If you are not familiar with this monumental talent, here are images of almost half the exhibit, divided up by decades, rather than themes.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Early works from the 30s and 40s:</span></span><br />Ed Meschi, 1933:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB09ebFaKBvZGSxV-5oG07nEuBUJFkyPmc3GDaCVD__lGxy2eFh8DChXL1KooTgiN0ddPM7WBJBJqxaGE9zXfAvTfphf44UWdxon6tywep0juYxl1eDrz8GeiKvAkJsuGzzaBHiwx06ig/s1600/ed+meschi+1933.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496933128223590530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB09ebFaKBvZGSxV-5oG07nEuBUJFkyPmc3GDaCVD__lGxy2eFh8DChXL1KooTgiN0ddPM7WBJBJqxaGE9zXfAvTfphf44UWdxon6tywep0juYxl1eDrz8GeiKvAkJsuGzzaBHiwx06ig/s400/ed+meschi+1933.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 579px;" /></a><br />Ninth Avenue El, 1935:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOYJ22emfZBvKJ3oIY9cSqzOPfDWT9uqSO1SDH1071n8p06gKGWuhRoBizyX6xNnLaYocyQ3E62nYdoPBqXEb81eDsRpcvUa3c3N1BNU65go4j8_mB3doF6CFD3jp9Kcvgyrorff5vcQ/s1600/primg143.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496918390789956578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOYJ22emfZBvKJ3oIY9cSqzOPfDWT9uqSO1SDH1071n8p06gKGWuhRoBizyX6xNnLaYocyQ3E62nYdoPBqXEb81eDsRpcvUa3c3N1BNU65go4j8_mB3doF6CFD3jp9Kcvgyrorff5vcQ/s400/primg143.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 416px;" /></a><br />Elenka, 1936:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzI8HAtI5cGHB8c_KWHqzQPZoFb2PAJm471O9qArTmg9j0gzo03C4sssYkYXlflTwVjisxplVvcvjLSm4C9QBmZbS4BT7ljtrNnfoWbPK63zRBbaTz8slOC9JdzZJcCvyZ0vc3jwMiHw/s1600/primg146.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496916527786671698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzI8HAtI5cGHB8c_KWHqzQPZoFb2PAJm471O9qArTmg9j0gzo03C4sssYkYXlflTwVjisxplVvcvjLSm4C9QBmZbS4BT7ljtrNnfoWbPK63zRBbaTz8slOC9JdzZJcCvyZ0vc3jwMiHw/s400/primg146.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 626px;" /></a><br />Jose, 1936: Audrey McMahon, 1940:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiituDQv-QnJCn0pj8kwYqNxEGDJDkS-G4W0j7zAo4pY4IgGs44DzsZP_tE_iSsnD9NrnFhqea25nxT6YsSnHdbv_NUcJ0SfQRKlztXchvqnxhj6tsJ6NyHyIKL5brCxIkB5RLmiUZyitY/s1600/jose+1936.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496929706627022482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiituDQv-QnJCn0pj8kwYqNxEGDJDkS-G4W0j7zAo4pY4IgGs44DzsZP_tE_iSsnD9NrnFhqea25nxT6YsSnHdbv_NUcJ0SfQRKlztXchvqnxhj6tsJ6NyHyIKL5brCxIkB5RLmiUZyitY/s400/jose+1936.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 317px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Bqv1iC7kqJNp2oZuEkgukSk8l4lrhW9zfsbNpxnt0ih05D49Jm-l2nKfvwcRDlMkbRO1ndlIDs3Zqjm4NGqszS0y9SIKAy3Pqi2uowB8ESEOyiF5O1ctf-X9h18OmK2mImlzv87XpmY/s1600/Audrey+McMahon+.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496919947919247778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Bqv1iC7kqJNp2oZuEkgukSk8l4lrhW9zfsbNpxnt0ih05D49Jm-l2nKfvwcRDlMkbRO1ndlIDs3Zqjm4NGqszS0y9SIKAy3Pqi2uowB8ESEOyiF5O1ctf-X9h18OmK2mImlzv87XpmY/s400/Audrey+McMahon+.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 319px;" /></a><br />T. 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Harlem, 1940:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05uucqP65YjbZEdeBtn75_6PV1UR1WlpF0lf65ACCh3sjBVTSJkqUJrkzCk1KvLfmAjrkvjN5PmPg4e0Mi4m9Njw8j5DyPYqRUi2uPwe0RbwnqdhLb_RBvZyRGqjXheO7jGVwfPHuqiM/s1600/Picture+17.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496919614541141218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05uucqP65YjbZEdeBtn75_6PV1UR1WlpF0lf65ACCh3sjBVTSJkqUJrkzCk1KvLfmAjrkvjN5PmPg4e0Mi4m9Njw8j5DyPYqRUi2uPwe0RbwnqdhLb_RBvZyRGqjXheO7jGVwfPHuqiM/s400/Picture+17.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 530px;" /></a><br />Dead Father, 1946:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TGQERqVxpCU6vl31Km919Otc7iVuGHkI3SvNK9bZLnCuVKIYHVMESMKBUlUK7HPPmWYzXGOvG11v1JflsFSy815GQMwIquFJmq3dpI0U8cfUWwQZhAULtuNw1Udc2R57q1x0WbiAwbI/s1600/Dead-Father-1946-008.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496920211807218850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TGQERqVxpCU6vl31Km919Otc7iVuGHkI3SvNK9bZLnCuVKIYHVMESMKBUlUK7HPPmWYzXGOvG11v1JflsFSy815GQMwIquFJmq3dpI0U8cfUWwQZhAULtuNw1Udc2R57q1x0WbiAwbI/s400/Dead-Father-1946-008.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 370px;" /></a><br />Richard, 1945: Fire escape, 1948:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydcG9zt9Nuy7S_mOajZM3ayzq-zTIRKMg5n_SMVSXphqd3KCeebCvclY7f-OjeCHzkHpXPwsDUK8auz5RsfEjAM99WUnP8u0JMS5UBdwMcXdZnMjehpJSh72pwV0JoazXxbHtGYavgG4/s1600/richard+1945.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496939739744906178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydcG9zt9Nuy7S_mOajZM3ayzq-zTIRKMg5n_SMVSXphqd3KCeebCvclY7f-OjeCHzkHpXPwsDUK8auz5RsfEjAM99WUnP8u0JMS5UBdwMcXdZnMjehpJSh72pwV0JoazXxbHtGYavgG4/s400/richard+1945.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 412px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRi0ZMvyGe29YXf_XaCNE-PJXoyp5fcqW4YYppi3hWjlrTte_AcVctKfasIVr80BZgrAwqfLl4W4Z7eHIyKrDxOqpc-WCcNqw1orFX_LvO-SmgZ6kvV9q1CQKA0PNs5-tcSBKHnkVTNec/s1600/Fire+Escape.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496937510369662466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRi0ZMvyGe29YXf_XaCNE-PJXoyp5fcqW4YYppi3hWjlrTte_AcVctKfasIVr80BZgrAwqfLl4W4Z7eHIyKrDxOqpc-WCcNqw1orFX_LvO-SmgZ6kvV9q1CQKA0PNs5-tcSBKHnkVTNec/s400/Fire+Escape.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 413px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Works from the 50s and 60s:</span></span><br />Dor Ashton, 1952: The Last Sickness, 1953:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHj7FL71p6iGnCpZzwlvy13MweLkqbSrFhyphenhyphenId7uiXDeGe6nzc6uyw5Duk8kFw4JIyHi7_KEdZf-X8bgIzRh1uONC5k2YdoN7HQPli7TtjWmjiLN6-z_JXrArEN8uPmjxGUFtr2EVYp70c/s1600/dor+ashton,+1952.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496933317937041154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHj7FL71p6iGnCpZzwlvy13MweLkqbSrFhyphenhyphenId7uiXDeGe6nzc6uyw5Duk8kFw4JIyHi7_KEdZf-X8bgIzRh1uONC5k2YdoN7HQPli7TtjWmjiLN6-z_JXrArEN8uPmjxGUFtr2EVYp70c/s400/dor+ashton,+1952.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 339px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPAEpvOiPB9oAjsPL3AaNPhI2Vl0lq05vM1xi7Gs5Tw7FNjhE8A7mC-BiAQKbQgAIM3oY0Tfp-TCeEuF3WwkFXqYJcofV0HPw1ICu_2GTzvfP_DHIe-LwxnHaTy-AUgV44FDVF4fjEX8/s1600/primg148.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496916146394774450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPAEpvOiPB9oAjsPL3AaNPhI2Vl0lq05vM1xi7Gs5Tw7FNjhE8A7mC-BiAQKbQgAIM3oY0Tfp-TCeEuF3WwkFXqYJcofV0HPw1ICu_2GTzvfP_DHIe-LwxnHaTy-AUgV44FDVF4fjEX8/s400/primg148.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 339px;" /></a><br />Sam, 1958: Frank O'Hara 2, 1960:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tkrJIG_vp2EKCLvErUDvQ6WRcFepL2ef03qMUENwdr0oMW6Qw7_06MVZguaLQ51Y1JwgzXSOBzKROQqjfJQk4SL8_L23Ugt_QKwsCDguY4FwL8XwcI-qLzrXLXOWXQz7QM1G0QNyXDE/s1600/sam+1958.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496937349089044114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tkrJIG_vp2EKCLvErUDvQ6WRcFepL2ef03qMUENwdr0oMW6Qw7_06MVZguaLQ51Y1JwgzXSOBzKROQqjfJQk4SL8_L23Ugt_QKwsCDguY4FwL8XwcI-qLzrXLXOWXQz7QM1G0QNyXDE/s400/sam+1958.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 395px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZWkYfYRoLxQIIX8dD9VkyQALhmNMXkiRhQN-dxysSteorXPsAAcAvfoz9g1y3fYzqme97IU80oNF2kMKt_ROFL2OtkllbDGdllYkCU6ykWHT5R4DytLF6sdSxCu-GlzGZ9AkVEbJEEU/s1600/600xPopupGallery.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496934552012956498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZWkYfYRoLxQIIX8dD9VkyQALhmNMXkiRhQN-dxysSteorXPsAAcAvfoz9g1y3fYzqme97IU80oNF2kMKt_ROFL2OtkllbDGdllYkCU6ykWHT5R4DytLF6sdSxCu-GlzGZ9AkVEbJEEU/s400/600xPopupGallery.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 396px;" /></a><br />Max White, 1961: Robert Smithson, 1962:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZzLra0JbLwe79Tp-SigWUMLjuj0yHtBsu9i_7hVzWZk0zHwcJt-MuedglR4ORqUsbeHXGT7dCyAIUe6XnFicxiH76jfE-i-CqQ0fc9I6O97VwGPCXu0rMvzOqHLDbsmkLqFG7AInzrE/s1600/max+white+1961.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496935443815075074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZzLra0JbLwe79Tp-SigWUMLjuj0yHtBsu9i_7hVzWZk0zHwcJt-MuedglR4ORqUsbeHXGT7dCyAIUe6XnFicxiH76jfE-i-CqQ0fc9I6O97VwGPCXu0rMvzOqHLDbsmkLqFG7AInzrE/s400/max+white+1961.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 408px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuLPSC3oWxd8CXPFd8bj8RAbmhSHoh0998icMN96QDOfr8DjnlbQ2AjlWkNDCMy_sn4EZi9J11cg-zzp29y6aMeNGOUnQXuqMEoRm_oWI4hE4QKuDTnYkIwX0LIWqXCVRmJK8EYIHRN8/s1600/primg149.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496915920660750402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuLPSC3oWxd8CXPFd8bj8RAbmhSHoh0998icMN96QDOfr8DjnlbQ2AjlWkNDCMy_sn4EZi9J11cg-zzp29y6aMeNGOUnQXuqMEoRm_oWI4hE4QKuDTnYkIwX0LIWqXCVRmJK8EYIHRN8/s400/primg149.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 407px;" /></a><br />Hartley, 1965:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-Ih4Hcn-2NRvemiJ2JX3Ryz4P9W3YCzkMoX6CwsSGXxPeh0G3ugI4EJ77V8gHM2z76LOXML1LZBc2yFPe8yFx8ERadnkwEuYbCi7Arf0Qa8OGOcun_Nu2o43KT34qq3D3fcKtPi1etY/s1600/hartley-for-post.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497533940062672610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-Ih4Hcn-2NRvemiJ2JX3Ryz4P9W3YCzkMoX6CwsSGXxPeh0G3ugI4EJ77V8gHM2z76LOXML1LZBc2yFPe8yFx8ERadnkwEuYbCi7Arf0Qa8OGOcun_Nu2o43KT34qq3D3fcKtPi1etY/s400/hartley-for-post.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 723px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Later works from the 70s and 80s:</span></span><br />David Bourdon and Gregory Battcock, 1970:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2MDy6JrczZYEhJPc865lw5KweArOfvApYm-MI6rDoH7_L7hyphenhyphenN_nI8sj9O6ylWKDdpXm0f6NxV0UZDHbuVL7aiN0HqVNd2EZIKGq18tnuMyNviEnvnPynNVHrg6iIWtY-Mu0FHOXXP4Y/s1600/David+Bourdon+and+Gregory+Battcock+Oil+on+canvas.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496917491458313026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2MDy6JrczZYEhJPc865lw5KweArOfvApYm-MI6rDoH7_L7hyphenhyphenN_nI8sj9O6ylWKDdpXm0f6NxV0UZDHbuVL7aiN0HqVNd2EZIKGq18tnuMyNviEnvnPynNVHrg6iIWtY-Mu0FHOXXP4Y/s400/David+Bourdon+and+Gregory+Battcock+Oil+on+canvas.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 563px;" /></a><br />Andy Warhol, 1970: Jackie Curtis and Rita, 1970:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9wH3KIRGs-PnMOOzYPbOMqcyk2lNLivdG2xTR0C_B6-XHinqMkk6bD3OITDxAyU0PJUy2GF-JXJA48GlqGP2A5H5VUBGttBqqKPBj0cCvtOOlxPPhY-lUZFV3A-nBxqU6pIgnGqsdMk/s1600/Andy-Warhol-1970-004.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496917579355124706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9wH3KIRGs-PnMOOzYPbOMqcyk2lNLivdG2xTR0C_B6-XHinqMkk6bD3OITDxAyU0PJUy2GF-JXJA48GlqGP2A5H5VUBGttBqqKPBj0cCvtOOlxPPhY-lUZFV3A-nBxqU6pIgnGqsdMk/s400/Andy-Warhol-1970-004.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 388px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTaCSXU1GhbA8WhnkyBUr1sFBn_DPeUFTa2yH9MPCxyT5I4lJJNwXV-zc7Qw0flt-cabugIm7WXWwzWBn64zFb11xqBcOmRYmuVIBPibD89CDflxxW8u6t2eihitVwG8Vn8eNOMD4NFCY/s1600/Jackie-Curtis-and-Rita-Re-001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496919774953453154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTaCSXU1GhbA8WhnkyBUr1sFBn_DPeUFTa2yH9MPCxyT5I4lJJNwXV-zc7Qw0flt-cabugIm7WXWwzWBn64zFb11xqBcOmRYmuVIBPibD89CDflxxW8u6t2eihitVwG8Vn8eNOMD4NFCY/s400/Jackie-Curtis-and-Rita-Re-001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 388px;" /></a><br />Pregnant Woman, 1971:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkHbqMJE8m9aGpb5kIPpBwrxPnaj_QjEZ1ICG6JqRr5gjIKBC6ZxNdyUUrpt_DGcIpHFgPDiaekTCo5vZbrWSNYVrGzfKIF1bAqRywEu9BpLXanE7MkuPlWyZ1_0H_gtlkd4C_LLJoe8/s1600/Pregnant-Woman-1971-006.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496917261424204994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkHbqMJE8m9aGpb5kIPpBwrxPnaj_QjEZ1ICG6JqRr5gjIKBC6ZxNdyUUrpt_DGcIpHFgPDiaekTCo5vZbrWSNYVrGzfKIF1bAqRywEu9BpLXanE7MkuPlWyZ1_0H_gtlkd4C_LLJoe8/s400/Pregnant-Woman-1971-006.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 346px;" /></a><br />Nancy and the twins, 1971:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4JKl4-HVWqPO5jU1bv40RaNoUG9-aYxC-llaXi0TdqUbgGM3pZfedUYOlHk0Hti_Qjlp2d7PXcPokajvU88EC-Htqguqu1EHaokcCDlrY_7ikahh4j1vNQJ2H5HIYH5LUjxpnPA621Q/s1600/nancy+and+the+twins+1971.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496935878509407426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4JKl4-HVWqPO5jU1bv40RaNoUG9-aYxC-llaXi0TdqUbgGM3pZfedUYOlHk0Hti_Qjlp2d7PXcPokajvU88EC-Htqguqu1EHaokcCDlrY_7ikahh4j1vNQJ2H5HIYH5LUjxpnPA621Q/s400/nancy+and+the+twins+1971.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 391px;" /></a><br />Carmen and Judy, 1972: Ginny and Elizabeth, 1976:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2XgiEEtqoQ_lf7UkI89F-Mv5dE5RvQS8MzdpLjM8WatCU7uL0wz-VUzMwOqi-My8zvWBaXBHydajJRfAotcIEYGBXpFHrOUo1O-1CCmsgvZDRYdCJnN-_U5UovBPNpVnJNM3h1AaeiM/s1600/primg144.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496916854212508578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2XgiEEtqoQ_lf7UkI89F-Mv5dE5RvQS8MzdpLjM8WatCU7uL0wz-VUzMwOqi-My8zvWBaXBHydajJRfAotcIEYGBXpFHrOUo1O-1CCmsgvZDRYdCJnN-_U5UovBPNpVnJNM3h1AaeiM/s400/primg144.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 366px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggW798KR1ysC2fqwzbh3YSa1ivhcd0O21kKPYEqWiHra8k5R6PaI7Smoa0z5xeJ6cyy5XFKFPLRwCLq7Gd-emk3N2OHw5X7MWNjjyThJgjm8cpg_tRwZUitCdgeCrqgfOkjAn4xA5lFxM/s1600/Ginny-and-Elizabeth-1976-009.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496920604333393090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggW798KR1ysC2fqwzbh3YSa1ivhcd0O21kKPYEqWiHra8k5R6PaI7Smoa0z5xeJ6cyy5XFKFPLRwCLq7Gd-emk3N2OHw5X7MWNjjyThJgjm8cpg_tRwZUitCdgeCrqgfOkjAn4xA5lFxM/s400/Ginny-and-Elizabeth-1976-009.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 365px;" /></a><br />The De Vegh Twins, 1975:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0CAGW64AixBXGNaf2qg6Pn2gk248sF-vnnoGjymHsKLKi0gTpEylNElnpkMgbdKUaKZK5jGE-pqGFZM9jhrmPrrToZ212lXSj0j25xmwplWxuMp6O5tLQvO9_2J06z20Vp0oFQn5wVw/s1600/The-De-Vegh-Twins-1975-002.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496920955133212690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0CAGW64AixBXGNaf2qg6Pn2gk248sF-vnnoGjymHsKLKi0gTpEylNElnpkMgbdKUaKZK5jGE-pqGFZM9jhrmPrrToZ212lXSj0j25xmwplWxuMp6O5tLQvO9_2J06z20Vp0oFQn5wVw/s400/The-De-Vegh-Twins-1975-002.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 626px;" /></a><br />Victoria and Cat, 1980 Don Perlis and Jonathan, 1984:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4PMOQd9iK-v4dzaYK3hsQ1WpJNohEl0xzgNsWoP4dPOH9RmPuhX7a0SgpTHRWe5Yg2Qs_ot96zoZVoEEXXnsH70IVVFv0erX90Wrib3GranMFgXKsZmeVubYWE-xUMQlpHLNc1opyMA/s1600/primg150.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496915813490666530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4PMOQd9iK-v4dzaYK3hsQ1WpJNohEl0xzgNsWoP4dPOH9RmPuhX7a0SgpTHRWe5Yg2Qs_ot96zoZVoEEXXnsH70IVVFv0erX90Wrib3GranMFgXKsZmeVubYWE-xUMQlpHLNc1opyMA/s400/primg150.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 387px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXC5ql091uRV3B6LZP7oMBHyPK84OuRZ-wqmrATmcBPYtNgOppMTwODkmHT8E2v4UhY1MoQkP2vCnkqNOuGzZw7MyzFcNm5exe8Ha2Vws_vPhCeRMdQ9edfV5e7wCOm8ufNE1N_09m1U/s1600/primg145.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496916631364412738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXC5ql091uRV3B6LZP7oMBHyPK84OuRZ-wqmrATmcBPYtNgOppMTwODkmHT8E2v4UhY1MoQkP2vCnkqNOuGzZw7MyzFcNm5exe8Ha2Vws_vPhCeRMdQ9edfV5e7wCOm8ufNE1N_09m1U/s400/primg145.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 387px;" /></a><br />Geoffrey Hendricks and Brian, 1978:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyeV3Wnv-zsxvBJcO6OXVubHbBvHGRPX3jgJb-v4MkpC0JyX6geTlM8P131bl9UMEKOptOlM8603oL3MD0XNjB0w1OSfOI7sHktGKMzbw8iZION_iWfAY_ETHQS2SssGI-u0zmQ_31x4/s1600/Geoffrey+Hendricks+and+Brian,+1978+Oil+on+canvas+111.8+x+86.3+cm+Estate+of+Alice+Neel+.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496936470595425282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHyeV3Wnv-zsxvBJcO6OXVubHbBvHGRPX3jgJb-v4MkpC0JyX6geTlM8P131bl9UMEKOptOlM8603oL3MD0XNjB0w1OSfOI7sHktGKMzbw8iZION_iWfAY_ETHQS2SssGI-u0zmQ_31x4/s400/Geoffrey+Hendricks+and+Brian,+1978+Oil+on+canvas+111.8+x+86.3+cm+Estate+of+Alice+Neel+.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 667px;" /></a><br />Self-portrait,1980: Ginny, 1984:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3_BCLLM9ASopQ7Fmo-WzD5PfWJvzeHOnsO9J4w4ZzxBsYQ6tiOrYMDEI1eqUktkrV1KEeMi3iZezt9ZCosWJQzdhryw8OXOrsScq2ie_mg14GssF1l3-3luLCJktkDle8QdKu8TFoWg/s1600/Self-Portrait-1980-005.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496917955508823074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3_BCLLM9ASopQ7Fmo-WzD5PfWJvzeHOnsO9J4w4ZzxBsYQ6tiOrYMDEI1eqUktkrV1KEeMi3iZezt9ZCosWJQzdhryw8OXOrsScq2ie_mg14GssF1l3-3luLCJktkDle8QdKu8TFoWg/s400/Self-Portrait-1980-005.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 362px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqY-59_rUoZE4VWBp9PgTVCRBpRw52ZOeSkH0jYHsxQwNLaJokjS0Ik2_KjQpI31O0HQAQ-pOp18i-oKlSRI6reSfOSd5Uw7KOewOFx66vCgdh50NrWvg0HblhfwdlUEjyLV5VLh1G_Ss/s1600/Ginny+1984.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496936176083357778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqY-59_rUoZE4VWBp9PgTVCRBpRw52ZOeSkH0jYHsxQwNLaJokjS0Ik2_KjQpI31O0HQAQ-pOp18i-oKlSRI6reSfOSd5Uw7KOewOFx66vCgdh50NrWvg0HblhfwdlUEjyLV5VLh1G_Ss/s400/Ginny+1984.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 364px;" /></a><br /><br />In addition, two archival films play on loop in the gallery: an eight-minute silent film by Neel´s son Hartley, documenting the artist painting her daughter-in-law Ginny; and Michel Auder´s film showing Neel painting Margaret Evans Pregnant.<br /><br />International Tour<br />Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: March 21—June 13, 2010<br />Whitechapel Gallery, London, July 8—September 17, 2010<br />Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden, October 10, 2010—January 2, 2011<br /><br />from the original press release:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Committed to portraiture throughout her life, an era when the genre was considered practically obsolete, Neel captured both the physical likenesses and the psychological essences of her sitters in bold, sometimes searing paintings. Neel painted neighbors in her gritty Manhattan district and members of the art-world elite, as well as her lovers, friends and children. Alice Neel: Painted Truths is the first major museum exhibition of Neel´s work in ten years, and the first to present her work in Europe. The show examines Neel´s oeuvre from a highly focused perspective, showcasing masterworks culled from the 1920s to the 1980s. Along with her famous portraits, a section of the show will also be devoted to her lesser-known cityscapes that document tenement life from the inside.<br /><br />Alice Neel: Painted Truths is organized by the MFAH and co-curated by Barry Walker, MFAH curator of modern and contemporary art and curator of prints and drawings, and Jeremy Lewison, former Director of Collections of London´s Tate Gallery and currently an independent curator and advisor of the estate of Alice Neel. After the presentation in Houston, the show will travel to Whitechapel Gallery in London and Moderna Museet in Malmö. The show will be accompanied by a major catalogue distributed by Yale University Press.<br /><br />"Despite almost single-handedly reviving portraiture in the 20th century—with a little help from contemporaries like Andy Warhol, of course—Neel did not receive recognition until late in life," said Dr. Peter C. Marzio, MFAH director. "Neel´s work is a true tour de force, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is pleased to present a selection of the most compelling paintings by this seminal American artist. The tour will give European audiences their first opportunity to assess the full range of her achievement in a large-scale museum exhibition."<br /><br />"Because so many exhibitions have plumbed Alice Neel´s engaging bohemian life to interpret her work, we have focused on the art rather than the biography in Painted Truths, examining it from both traditional and postmodern points of view," states Walker. "This is, to use a politically incorrect term, a ´masterpiece show,´ tracing the evolution of the artist´s work through what are, arguably, her very best paintings."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alice Neel: Painted Truths</span> is showing at the <a href="http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/">Whitechapel Gallery</a> from July 8 through September 17, 2010<br /><br />If you can't see the exhibit in person, a lavishly illustrated book of the exhibit is available with essays by Jeremy Lewison, Barry Walker, Tamar Garb and Robert Storr, appreciations by artists Frank Auerbach and Chris Ofili, and a chronology.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFaXBJAIu2Wf5YF0OwIDS5u0r16lxG1oZ6t21xcU55T7FA_yTIWVRkCU5rCnwAYPwUitbgbYrAxB0Xn8SNWtybcs0DNCBCbfRqoTf7rbQl4lRcg5g7re0OPGKBuvyDXE_sEVs9rgBGqQk/s1600/image2525.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496925514198479154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFaXBJAIu2Wf5YF0OwIDS5u0r16lxG1oZ6t21xcU55T7FA_yTIWVRkCU5rCnwAYPwUitbgbYrAxB0Xn8SNWtybcs0DNCBCbfRqoTf7rbQl4lRcg5g7re0OPGKBuvyDXE_sEVs9rgBGqQk/s400/image2525.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 611px;" /></a><br />Although this book focuses on Neel’s portraits, it includes a selection of her cityscapes that chronicle the artist’s intense involvement with life in New York City. Structured thematically, sections trace the evolution of Neel’s style and examine themes that she revisited throughout her career.<br /><br />Hardback, 296 pages, 120 colour and 26 black and white illustrations.<br />Buy the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300163320?ie=UTF8&tag=iishish-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0300163320">here</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iishish-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0300163320" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Alice Neel: Painted Truths, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> as it appeared at the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Museum of Fine Arts, Houston</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vUdCVscQwPNNUGnoZ3AIyvmaFPhfDX9k2zMTnZsGco7Iq_Eh0F-ZEeBpxbnvtxd2RzkwUf-Gn98Pl_ZM9oCB-6GpZan0HdhrypHz1Tvz3xdQQy4abcK1bpncorcPAeIQZ5WhcjHS9SM/s1600/1-Alice-Neel-4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496944295997103922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vUdCVscQwPNNUGnoZ3AIyvmaFPhfDX9k2zMTnZsGco7Iq_Eh0F-ZEeBpxbnvtxd2RzkwUf-Gn98Pl_ZM9oCB-6GpZan0HdhrypHz1Tvz3xdQQy4abcK1bpncorcPAeIQZ5WhcjHS9SM/s400/1-Alice-Neel-4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 393px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUjxcLfY7JNnRm3kfgghz-M9PNou_WydCrRX4kml1yKuFCRkQLIrq8_-hmphMCPjZrY1BC7b4afcO1DRAgaToMjuvkamzoMR8XmjETb07z86fl5iEyQBpO_cWwleHiBZMrV1qadXjQnY/s1600/3-Alice-Neel-25.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496944173741025330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUjxcLfY7JNnRm3kfgghz-M9PNou_WydCrRX4kml1yKuFCRkQLIrq8_-hmphMCPjZrY1BC7b4afcO1DRAgaToMjuvkamzoMR8XmjETb07z86fl5iEyQBpO_cWwleHiBZMrV1qadXjQnY/s400/3-Alice-Neel-25.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKms81-DjplW8lpQpCpg8j8nKKeoCqz9pVkAfiwxzqqMM_QwoC4FLZ3o-jlL8gho1_GAtcEpHLpwYPP-Ws7yCdKBr1dfQS9qNHdRO19DnTMT_ZA2tKh0X3qaKdXbpRZCMWSJWejH9LPQ/s1600/6-Alice-Neel-41.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496941737414381906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKms81-DjplW8lpQpCpg8j8nKKeoCqz9pVkAfiwxzqqMM_QwoC4FLZ3o-jlL8gho1_GAtcEpHLpwYPP-Ws7yCdKBr1dfQS9qNHdRO19DnTMT_ZA2tKh0X3qaKdXbpRZCMWSJWejH9LPQ/s400/6-Alice-Neel-41.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 383px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above photos: courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Houston</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Special thanks to Macolm Varon, </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.aliceneel.com/">the Estate of Alice Neel</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, and the </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mfah.org/">MFA in Houston</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for many of the images.</span></span><br /><br />some reviews of the London show:<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jul/11/alice-neel-painted-truths-review">The Guardian</a><br /><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/alice-neel-painted-truths-whitechapel-art-gallery-london-2029051.html">The Independent</a><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/7878970/Alice-Neel-the-art-modernism-neglected.html">The Telegraph</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Shop for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D17%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26fsc%3D6%26ih%3D9%5F0%5F1%5F0%5F0%5F0%5F0%5F0%5F0%5F1.38%5F389%26y%3D17%26field-keywords%3Dalice%2520neel%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=iishish-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">Alice Neel Books, catalogs, videos and posters</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iishish-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" />.</span>

Europe Gets Introduced To A Great American Portraitist, Alice Neel.

above: detail from Alice Neel's 1965 portrait of Hartley, the artist's son. An inspiring exhibition, and the first major retrospective of one of the 20th century's greatest portrait painters, American artist Alice Neel, has made its way to London's Whitechapel Gallery after debuting last fall at th…

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It's Blue. It's A Boat. And It's Bomb. The RAL 5015 By Xavier Veilhan.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrz-gbZyHmXYJZmaEo6s48vkjz3aDTmA76CuVzyqMLjuM_pWb8LgGy3vcX6Fj8wnZ2aZGwSGwsK7cdRx29cqyKGsCIQo4RnfKp9LKjlEbfd_XWfBKqOo4Tz9P8YWt12KC9-UAaAztWP1U/s1600/boat-overhead.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499427207492691298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrz-gbZyHmXYJZmaEo6s48vkjz3aDTmA76CuVzyqMLjuM_pWb8LgGy3vcX6Fj8wnZ2aZGwSGwsK7cdRx29cqyKGsCIQo4RnfKp9LKjlEbfd_XWfBKqOo4Tz9P8YWt12KC9-UAaAztWP1U/s400/boat-overhead.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 418px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsmC5-x4CReMZ_XtasCwWLKI61tKYV84pMxpCLoyOa7v0gTkccAL-kaXw604mVV1FBsWne1m8ZIOWUgKxF6JUGuGzjfCZbrH-kYF1CB1ky4EGSOcVymuYy6m-wwGiuOt3CfiNhiSa380/s1600/RAL-5015-empty-on-water.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499427086831859122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsmC5-x4CReMZ_XtasCwWLKI61tKYV84pMxpCLoyOa7v0gTkccAL-kaXw604mVV1FBsWne1m8ZIOWUgKxF6JUGuGzjfCZbrH-kYF1CB1ky4EGSOcVymuYy6m-wwGiuOt3CfiNhiSa380/s400/RAL-5015-empty-on-water.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 339px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OQGCkcMcDvnLuQktsPENOtsN2BYp8VE1an0Hblpkz_wfeSDLEEk42cD9Q44BSLVCB9wl7MIM2eSuTW2Oz3VROeCAl1QK-sKV-Ss3GFvn0UA_nkcNwE2Xrqp06awEJsOTi3KXEmNSyGw/s1600/boat-dash.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499427281969795586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OQGCkcMcDvnLuQktsPENOtsN2BYp8VE1an0Hblpkz_wfeSDLEEk42cD9Q44BSLVCB9wl7MIM2eSuTW2Oz3VROeCAl1QK-sKV-Ss3GFvn0UA_nkcNwE2Xrqp06awEJsOTi3KXEmNSyGw/s400/boat-dash.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 355px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguf4VB9m9QCrASBt63ehYfZ-EeZ3Dj1SsxhnTLo0FOYtHbYR8d_MZ1l0L8EltwLU72_pB2rUoOyI_HYaFFg6OXW5BGdEe84cq9jmjTUX5ylaJswiyHKRihZB5RWGZKIQx2Gi7hCpll970/s1600/shark2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499431948987146226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguf4VB9m9QCrASBt63ehYfZ-EeZ3Dj1SsxhnTLo0FOYtHbYR8d_MZ1l0L8EltwLU72_pB2rUoOyI_HYaFFg6OXW5BGdEe84cq9jmjTUX5ylaJswiyHKRihZB5RWGZKIQx2Gi7hCpll970/s400/shark2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 338px;" /></a><br /><br />John Dodelande of Artcurial invited artist Xavier Veilhan to draw a nautical sculpture to be built by the Frauscher shipyard. This unique project marks the first time artist Xavier Veilhan has been invited to design a functional object in sync with his aesthetic beliefs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTdDZhXi2mnIQyjFMOBdVP5xUJf84SzAG9-td2Twn6OZe-7kIejKY8DDbJJdM0uoeZbiyWIIl_vzRRVGvNEkEx2XYw_Hezkbnt5xYItyPmeYcRyAUyhbWy78VI_QPf2o3NIjlaeUXeiA/s1600/veilhan-art.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499439179997550834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTdDZhXi2mnIQyjFMOBdVP5xUJf84SzAG9-td2Twn6OZe-7kIejKY8DDbJJdM0uoeZbiyWIIl_vzRRVGvNEkEx2XYw_Hezkbnt5xYItyPmeYcRyAUyhbWy78VI_QPf2o3NIjlaeUXeiA/s400/veilhan-art.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 271px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Veilhan's oversized animal sculptures are faceted and always one color</span></span><br /><br />First off, if you're not familiar with Veilhan's work, he's best known for his sculptural installations and had <a href="http://www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr/spectacle.php?spe=15&lang=eng">an impressive show at Versailles in 2009</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr/spectacle.php?spe=15&lang=eng"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499440079164617026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9m70QLFoZMPftdeNdNooBdO4qV-tUbioFEC7HxNdifHZ_vE-3cVP2EIBmL0YHmjxVaANa7zk71KNfb9yyn1AFI2gSHM5vK_yY-43p5bluaYSjV-Y4v1FsLFd3haDdY6qpjPUSZUXm6Gg/s400/veilhan-Versaille-carriage.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 320px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Veilhan's purple horse-drawn carriage at Versailles</span></span><br /><br />Now, back to his RAL 5015 with tons of images, auction info and a video, too.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cdLW9WURVYNMhvEP4K9WJkJVAKdcs1LlkBAdcYbeT9fSZV76vFIoSgmLg4B07GhhwmYBo0xcVw7VK1lNiPVSqh_YeW3997cNY15F_dnAKaShJqfWoj9oG_ZKYj4Xn5pMieREDmoq1Rs/s1600/Picture+1.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499440578075223522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cdLW9WURVYNMhvEP4K9WJkJVAKdcs1LlkBAdcYbeT9fSZV76vFIoSgmLg4B07GhhwmYBo0xcVw7VK1lNiPVSqh_YeW3997cNY15F_dnAKaShJqfWoj9oG_ZKYj4Xn5pMieREDmoq1Rs/s400/Picture+1.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 113px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1SG4L6Gp3k2Er1KRUD2k1r9AQmfAAlv9ClrNAU3NE8lKn4r-frdpikiCvUpZIRloAqidoetX1Z4OrA49K6xmEzFGVs3NXa9qXkZMdLMqB-73uiIITNRfwzLWGr6hfJEqHyUeDSPQYys/s1600/boat+with+RAL+color.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499740908779957282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1SG4L6Gp3k2Er1KRUD2k1r9AQmfAAlv9ClrNAU3NE8lKn4r-frdpikiCvUpZIRloAqidoetX1Z4OrA49K6xmEzFGVs3NXa9qXkZMdLMqB-73uiIITNRfwzLWGr6hfJEqHyUeDSPQYys/s400/boat+with+RAL+color.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 477px;" /></a><br /><br />The name of the boat refers to the actual color. <a href="http://www.ralcolor.com/">RAL is the standard color system</a> when it comes to painting and coating (the way Pantone is for printing).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkv02CWcIjf0UpqGRU7hY36EyMe7BD6QZ5um08LJi446f3zcgFU37faWE001tu_xDYacGVflKz78k_Ax7HQzgF5zYyz0AoNvs0B3wr23bw99rWTfh5qMWUw2PdYrBMv89r8yF-ealNzg/s1600/Xavier-with-boat.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499427487163579922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkv02CWcIjf0UpqGRU7hY36EyMe7BD6QZ5um08LJi446f3zcgFU37faWE001tu_xDYacGVflKz78k_Ax7HQzgF5zYyz0AoNvs0B3wr23bw99rWTfh5qMWUw2PdYrBMv89r8yF-ealNzg/s400/Xavier-with-boat.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 428px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: The artist, Xavier Veilhan, stands in his RAL 5015</span></span><br /><br />The unique design corresponds perfectly to Xavier Veilhan’s approach to movement and means of transport – from the horse to more sophisticated types of craft… such as this motor-boat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcl6qFoIP4noUUTRlrVhMj1bLxhLzPQ0frVhY3UtuV26vmqbTbVrLn9Ne39yLFVkOF5YMdSiXSZNed_dhtV-EtjEj-0Oc2M0DDCmXFqAeudL6oZaJovfzQuql0i0nO2LwqRnYtPdON3Kw/s1600/cible_1279545881_Page_05_Image_0001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499429836031905826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcl6qFoIP4noUUTRlrVhMj1bLxhLzPQ0frVhY3UtuV26vmqbTbVrLn9Ne39yLFVkOF5YMdSiXSZNed_dhtV-EtjEj-0Oc2M0DDCmXFqAeudL6oZaJovfzQuql0i0nO2LwqRnYtPdON3Kw/s400/cible_1279545881_Page_05_Image_0001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 332px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCIp6He5doWu1kR0O2rr2RFNag6yZMvE_fPbsfScjC5gtBJU0jsnlb7-sYB7lolutShG2Yux7wyj3M5Sgo5WIpGWsILpFBNsGWrcor-CyaB3RfDr-prWWULq6WpGSDe-scWBmpr7ZUWY/s1600/cible_1279545881_Page_02_Image_0001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499429670788406770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCIp6He5doWu1kR0O2rr2RFNag6yZMvE_fPbsfScjC5gtBJU0jsnlb7-sYB7lolutShG2Yux7wyj3M5Sgo5WIpGWsILpFBNsGWrcor-CyaB3RfDr-prWWULq6WpGSDe-scWBmpr7ZUWY/s400/cible_1279545881_Page_02_Image_0001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 333px;" /></a><br /><br />Veilhan's moving sculpture can hold 8 people and functions beautifully with a maximum speed of 40 knots:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-si9zlom_8vB5-zNtx3SxRjL7M_JmzTE3zp7R9UopwbiAT0ikkYlbuBK5z-vZc5BPnpnufJSuJJ3B5A10WC6V_w-k1Cg7fwcnOu6Cqu2-PhZFOHdFj3pQHLxF38t3fkEBpknbxEyLUl8/s1600/cible_1279545881_Page_15_Image_0001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499430353197963074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-si9zlom_8vB5-zNtx3SxRjL7M_JmzTE3zp7R9UopwbiAT0ikkYlbuBK5z-vZc5BPnpnufJSuJJ3B5A10WC6V_w-k1Cg7fwcnOu6Cqu2-PhZFOHdFj3pQHLxF38t3fkEBpknbxEyLUl8/s400/cible_1279545881_Page_15_Image_0001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 330px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaZbomsKcb0BQNG_yaj4YSjcJzOChuhQiomageKF254kFsNMvE0oUicFr2ARZJ2WSuWr9ki092OA0AkObOjiW70vqj-lIUwGirEEoW6SDMts6xk6maI3J4kBveT7QyNdVV0bqBeyML-4/s1600/cible_1279545881_Page_15_Image_0002.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499430261170177650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkaZbomsKcb0BQNG_yaj4YSjcJzOChuhQiomageKF254kFsNMvE0oUicFr2ARZJ2WSuWr9ki092OA0AkObOjiW70vqj-lIUwGirEEoW6SDMts6xk6maI3J4kBveT7QyNdVV0bqBeyML-4/s400/cible_1279545881_Page_15_Image_0002.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 320px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRkCWgk3QaPwilF6klJKs95_iNN488qCWTlQRj2LirkjO0oQen7U5M_7p-WuIQb8UIhR3zzVsy_bD51tlLYH7D4Pjci7UDKH85oTwnxnmavu082aD6NX7_QTRneaOe-bXDKrUYebl074/s1600/cible_1279545881_Page_19_Image_0002.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499430174270742370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRkCWgk3QaPwilF6klJKs95_iNN488qCWTlQRj2LirkjO0oQen7U5M_7p-WuIQb8UIhR3zzVsy_bD51tlLYH7D4Pjci7UDKH85oTwnxnmavu082aD6NX7_QTRneaOe-bXDKrUYebl074/s400/cible_1279545881_Page_19_Image_0002.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 167px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuI8dzS9-Org9yxzeSivLlhWMxn2tD7XUvsTIrJEGNdIWQ2FgbDpq3YRUsgRjnvXOh7GfHV3JeJwNhLjxhmVebRv_LkiVUwFJW6UeCJgWNbvt3L1dTGICe1yxzdota3bfcnJNpuxBWVrc/s1600/cible_1279545881_Page_10_Image_0001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499430911123472322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuI8dzS9-Org9yxzeSivLlhWMxn2tD7XUvsTIrJEGNdIWQ2FgbDpq3YRUsgRjnvXOh7GfHV3JeJwNhLjxhmVebRv_LkiVUwFJW6UeCJgWNbvt3L1dTGICe1yxzdota3bfcnJNpuxBWVrc/s400/cible_1279545881_Page_10_Image_0001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 670px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Shark</span></span> - Stainless steel Shark sculpture (50 cm length) on remote controlled platform.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jKanoSbnvmmCNPyff-vnVu4O7xYepPMnjF3hLIV-ToklzJXDBBJdlgcgVA_EMFkkkGf-NLhD-KGdGETaHwaqZMQtZf20E-16uWpAD2MmkwCldRtT3Ice-0knp0Fu6WW2jjGRGU3ckKI/s1600/shark3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499431659646068146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jKanoSbnvmmCNPyff-vnVu4O7xYepPMnjF3hLIV-ToklzJXDBBJdlgcgVA_EMFkkkGf-NLhD-KGdGETaHwaqZMQtZf20E-16uWpAD2MmkwCldRtT3Ice-0knp0Fu6WW2jjGRGU3ckKI/s400/shark3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 317px;" /></a><br /><br />As an integral part of the RAL 5015 boat, "The Shark" is a small object with a length of 50 cm, made of solid stainless steel that ascends and descends by remote control! A rectangular cover of composite material is provided, which is why you don't see the shark in all the images) and protects the piece from unwanted attention.<br /><br />Dimension of the Shark : 20 x 49,7 x 21,7 cm<br />Dimensions of the stand : 3,5 x 6 cm made of solid stainless steel, fitted in the bulk.<br />Material : Polished solid stainless steel<br />Surface treatment : The shark is permanently protected from sea salt as the roughness of the metal has been diminished through a special wash, making it non-oxidizing<br />Protective case : In blue composite material (monochrome RAL 5015) ; 60 x 30 x 25 cm<br />Remote control : 2 buttons<br /><br />The boat was designed on computer:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAw_IVYgo_00EAHzVIS0WHuDlBFAFPtCz-xXaBwcyeTAj30dnAK6z0zOAa2ratz5Ds3ShuXEq-EwZnF1g0pP7KuIiOiJqN6JbQN_lnT49e9Y6RtvvrEGgj4dg5n3LmxkGyjGLsiiFzC8/s1600/RAL-comuter-art03.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499427769198132386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAw_IVYgo_00EAHzVIS0WHuDlBFAFPtCz-xXaBwcyeTAj30dnAK6z0zOAa2ratz5Ds3ShuXEq-EwZnF1g0pP7KuIiOiJqN6JbQN_lnT49e9Y6RtvvrEGgj4dg5n3LmxkGyjGLsiiFzC8/s400/RAL-comuter-art03.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 348px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNugYiDuNthsIkdKLsvebUvklZ0GOqQBHFQX2i134eV3Bv32olu0O5JGjurueTr2StMllVrz8jwkUcJUCP6WNIIRllfhWutV7CPtA7KhfglcE8eVk-ImYoaG1wcpHFxLny6As8lLiZorw/s1600/RAL-comuter-art01.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499428009448926658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNugYiDuNthsIkdKLsvebUvklZ0GOqQBHFQX2i134eV3Bv32olu0O5JGjurueTr2StMllVrz8jwkUcJUCP6WNIIRllfhWutV7CPtA7KhfglcE8eVk-ImYoaG1wcpHFxLny6As8lLiZorw/s400/RAL-comuter-art01.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 638px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_lzLfRcVCo37SX3Mfv9zTUWXPLZrjuEYYvVR7BcnSLglgbMQIK8zCQqPB-Zfpk3IpCb_X8pZCpwouEYd8gsUCGnBuc4T3jbHRmKimcWGd2kQGpE4zCzOH43Pg6VSOKde_S0ojZD8eI4/s1600/RAL-comuter-art02.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499427920077491202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_lzLfRcVCo37SX3Mfv9zTUWXPLZrjuEYYvVR7BcnSLglgbMQIK8zCQqPB-Zfpk3IpCb_X8pZCpwouEYd8gsUCGnBuc4T3jbHRmKimcWGd2kQGpE4zCzOH43Pg6VSOKde_S0ojZD8eI4/s400/RAL-comuter-art02.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 619px;" /></a><br /><br />And thanks to the expertise of the <a href="http://www.frauscherboats.com/">Frauscher shipyard</a>, the work of Veilhan, RAL 5015 is also a powerful boat and at the forefront of marine technology.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0S5uVlySxOeQU34TTLilLV9DJ-ec6D9ja0v9Vd1-BMTdLRDL7d-_m6Njb3OdsZOP_vgT_0128QvdxDeja4EEtZEb4RsoU3ls9OTYEQVMWPO8UsHcIKvZ6HtPCt4hGrOr1uXo66sbgaA/s1600/boathouse.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499428231108673618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0S5uVlySxOeQU34TTLilLV9DJ-ec6D9ja0v9Vd1-BMTdLRDL7d-_m6Njb3OdsZOP_vgT_0128QvdxDeja4EEtZEb4RsoU3ls9OTYEQVMWPO8UsHcIKvZ6HtPCt4hGrOr1uXo66sbgaA/s400/boathouse.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 317px;" /></a><br /><br />A sneak preview of the boat was shown from May 27 to June 14, 2010 at the Hôtel Marcel Dassault, Paris, prior to its auction.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pqJl7tzlgjI8p1QFNxKAsMnfPIIw8TVGwXMGz6KkpcJHuZextms6iWpk5KEa9uN91dKBpVk0dzs-VuGjO7qXJR9A4lZyfnF5Hf2yYg8FUXw8JXLUOKIE14fu-_DXnIKak74pbemYsaU/s1600/Picture+14.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499429369906282338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pqJl7tzlgjI8p1QFNxKAsMnfPIIw8TVGwXMGz6KkpcJHuZextms6iWpk5KEa9uN91dKBpVk0dzs-VuGjO7qXJR9A4lZyfnF5Hf2yYg8FUXw8JXLUOKIE14fu-_DXnIKak74pbemYsaU/s400/Picture+14.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 359px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeENYeT6XyUVXiOo1YLS7D2GQF-CAnYzbYm7-eONMptPQLxGr_IdQMndhMS_m3ZXEdiIH-klmxq_9vZNBXIKaMGVW_T4oOtnfaJYfFjo_TMS2KJ_6vktpr1P2AEB-m0uXRElonLtW4Pwc/s1600/the-shark.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499428862752550386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeENYeT6XyUVXiOo1YLS7D2GQF-CAnYzbYm7-eONMptPQLxGr_IdQMndhMS_m3ZXEdiIH-klmxq_9vZNBXIKaMGVW_T4oOtnfaJYfFjo_TMS2KJ_6vktpr1P2AEB-m0uXRElonLtW4Pwc/s400/the-shark.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 348px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhmaWu2GdOHXYclThv0Onks9Nd7hM-MoHnsJN1h9edvMzy7i4J52obPKLGPrdgntG9WxsqVzN2qJmOz-W17-x7CinpIuJgh_rnJhOwMJgkEbx1UTS1atBYIVjywzBPaK7cXYaHL2wJ_M/s1600/cible_1279545881_Page_19_Image_0003.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499428466969199298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhmaWu2GdOHXYclThv0Onks9Nd7hM-MoHnsJN1h9edvMzy7i4J52obPKLGPrdgntG9WxsqVzN2qJmOz-W17-x7CinpIuJgh_rnJhOwMJgkEbx1UTS1atBYIVjywzBPaK7cXYaHL2wJ_M/s400/cible_1279545881_Page_19_Image_0003.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 260px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpSOcbibUu-ypqPAJIPZuyKmbyZpHxLKCaAMxMC9wIBxw9t8_Z0NgYXPUJMU9OsT_lL_2Quv8Ff1cpC9PqlzHT91zBzo56R3qOgjbWPvSL_OENaNAWOiYTH3b1m-JhyphenhyphenyyF5YIy4ucPUE/s1600/cible_1279545881_Page_19_Image_0004.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499428384690329106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpSOcbibUu-ypqPAJIPZuyKmbyZpHxLKCaAMxMC9wIBxw9t8_Z0NgYXPUJMU9OsT_lL_2Quv8Ff1cpC9PqlzHT91zBzo56R3qOgjbWPvSL_OENaNAWOiYTH3b1m-JhyphenhyphenyyF5YIy4ucPUE/s400/cible_1279545881_Page_19_Image_0004.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 479px;" /></a><br /><br />The functional artpiece, made of composite resins and metal was auctioned on July 20th at the Hôtel Hermitage in Monte-Carlo, by <a href="http://www.artcurial.com/fr/actualite/cp/2010/2010_07_20_xavier-veilhan-ral5015.asp">Artcurial.</a> The sale results have not yet been disclosed. Estimate for the auction price was $235,000.00 to $260,000.<br /><br /><object height="298" width="530"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13295646&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13295646&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="298" width="530"></embed></object><br /><br />Specifications of the piece:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbI8NZAE6klAHi1pPriwzbZs23Wtt63iAp6NuvCvTu8ocl9sTSXhhBgoJei6Uqwqa2Aq9YkGJMZoztewfqot2zd6Maf6TVN9u0yjZ0rCUgKb-lGHOeEtcJvgYvQKSbI4JNO-bj9wviBg/s1600/cible_1279545881_Page_12_Image_0001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499428601689357458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbI8NZAE6klAHi1pPriwzbZs23Wtt63iAp6NuvCvTu8ocl9sTSXhhBgoJei6Uqwqa2Aq9YkGJMZoztewfqot2zd6Maf6TVN9u0yjZ0rCUgKb-lGHOeEtcJvgYvQKSbI4JNO-bj9wviBg/s400/cible_1279545881_Page_12_Image_0001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 348px;" /></a><br />Frauscher 686<br />Vessel hull identification number (HIN) : AT FRALOO82D010 Length : 6.90m Width : 2.20m<br />Water-level : 6.40m<br />Visible height above water : 1.25m<br />Draught : 0.65/1.00m<br />Dry weight : 1700kg<br />Tank capacity : 157 litres<br />Maximum speed : 40 knots<br />Cruising speed : 25 knots<br />Engine : MERCRUISER Output 220 HP<br />Cubic capacity : 4.3 l MPI, 220 PS ; Alpha 1<br />Number of persons : 8 max.<br /><br />A standard gauge and construction certificate, as required for navigation permit, will be provided to the purchaser.<br /><br />The hull of the RAL5015 has a 2-year guarantee from the Frauscher shipyard; its engine has a 3-year constructor’s guarantee.<br /><br />An artist certificate was also given to the buyer<br /><br />Photos for this post, courtesy of the artist, © Fabien Lemaire 2010, © John Dodelande 2010 and © Nicolas Thiery<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Artist:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF11FLekfXP-WrCakyJFeEoYh4AUEIjCHfP_YE1ToGXY0uQCydu-m18gsNCG5t8ddkEHtczsuw8h7KaEfgiCUJIoH50gBBF6BsJk30uRa_m35W9s5v9nWrDE9CS7QPYSRWFKPI7yT0_9o/s1600/Xavier+Veilhan.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499435672043799042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF11FLekfXP-WrCakyJFeEoYh4AUEIjCHfP_YE1ToGXY0uQCydu-m18gsNCG5t8ddkEHtczsuw8h7KaEfgiCUJIoH50gBBF6BsJk30uRa_m35W9s5v9nWrDE9CS7QPYSRWFKPI7yT0_9o/s400/Xavier+Veilhan.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 293px;" /></a><br /><br />Born in 1963, living and working in Paris, <a href="http://www.veilhan.net/">Xavier Veilhan</a> has established itself as one of the major artists of his generation, winning over his exhibitions international recognition. Emerged in the early 90s, Veilhan established the elements of a singular and unique vocabulary. If his work borrows the most varied forms: from sculpture to painting, photography, installation, film or live performance, all these practices converge towards creating a world whose wealth stems from a relationship very strong history and a profound reflection on modernity.

It's Blue. It's A Boat. And It's Bomb. The RAL 5015 By Xavier Veilhan.

John Dodelande of Artcurial invited artist Xavier Veilhan to draw a nautical sculpture to be built by the Frauscher shipyard. This unique project marks the first time artist Xavier Veilhan has been invited to design a functional object in sync with his aesthetic beliefs.above: Veilhan's oversized an…

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