1951, I am against abstract and non-objective art because such art shows a hatred of human beings. East Harlem is like a battlefield of humanism, and I am on the side of the people here, and thet inspir my paintings".
Sou contra a arte abstrata e não objetiva, porque esse tipo de arte tem aversão aos seres humanos. East Harlem é como um campo de batalha do humanismo; estou ao lado das pessoas daqui, e elas inspiram as minhas pinturas.
Onde estava Alice Neel?
(1900-81) https://www.aliceneel.com/
Alice Neel, Un regard engagé, Pompidou, dir. Angela Lampe, 2022 (& Barbican)*
Alice Neel, ed. Ann Temkin. Philadelphia Museum 2001 (Whitney 2000 etc)
Artist, Humanist, Individualist.
"Alice Neel was one of the great American painters of the twentieth century and a pioneer among women artists. A painter of people, landscape and still life, Neel was never fashionable or in step with avant-garde movements. Sympathetic to the expressionists of Europe and Scandinavia and to the darker arts of Spanish painting, Alice Neel's style and approach was distinctively her own.
