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Michelle Kaufman
I intend my figures to invite a viewer's imaginative action.
My aim is to create enough realism to transport the viewer into the action, yet to achieve enough abstraction to surprise.
I enjoy painting people who are full of life and energy- the amped up ones. Their energy could be love, sexual attraction, laughter or an urge to win.
Sometimes, the energy manifests when people begin as spectators, but, relishing the spotlight, become performers.
I like to show groups of people celebrating together. They are unified, but simultaneously retain their independence through their diverse reactions.
David Hackett Fischer theorizes in his book, The Great Wave, that during good economic times, art is beautiful and idealized, but in bad times, it becomes ugly, sad and distorted.
I have analyzed art history in conjunction with his timeline of crises: 1300-1400, 1594-1660, 1789-1820, 1980-... and there is evidence substantiating his theory.
My goal is to bring humor and optimism to the forefront.
I make anti-crisis art.
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