WILL COTTON AT THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART— 10/21.
WILL COTTON “COTTON CANDY CLOUDS” 2006, OIL ON LINEN, 72” X 96”
As part of the New York Academy of Art’s Fall Lecture Series painter Will Cotton will be speaking about his surreal candy portraits and landscapes. It’s not to be missed.
“Will Cotton's sumptuous oil paintings are in the soft focus, soft-core tradition of 18th-century masters Broc, Gerard, Franque and Fragonard. Like his predecessors, Cotton (who was born in Massachusetts in 1965 and studied art at New York's Cooper Union and the New York Academy of Art) paints beautiful, creamy skinned nudes amidst luscious surroundings. But while Cotton's paintings recall the sensuality and delight of his forefathers, he is far from a mere copyist. Instead of painting high on the sugar of that decadent lost age in art, Cotton updates his opulent source material by replacing pastoral love scenes with mountains of sweets and erotic treats.”
New York Academy of Art
October 27th, 2009, 7PM
111 Franklin Street
New York, NY 10013
212.966.0300
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