Sheelagh bevan biography of michael
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As a Canadian artist living in the US, I am both an outsider and a passive participant in our current political climate. I feel an urgency to address issues of class, power, and privilege through my work, while also treading carefully to avoid co-opting the experience of others. Instead, I approach my ideas through a tender provocation, asking myself how I can express a critical perspective that is nevertheless a positive and hopeful contribution.
Animals are complex surrogates in my work, as I navigate both my desire for connection to the animal world and an awareness of the power humankind exerts over our animal fellows. My portraits of animals offer an intimacy customarily reserved for human images and attempt to present these subjects with dignity, humor, and agency on a par with human portrait subjects.
Hot White Jesus, 2018, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches.
This painting of Jesus was commissioned. The client had a detailed vision of the picture he had in mind, and we h
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Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts
The great painter Henri Matisse was also a great book illustrator. A pioneering member of the Fauves, a supreme colorist, a remarkable draftsman, and a creative genius: this is the Matisse known and admired bygd everyone with even a passing interest in modern art. But few know Matisse as an artist who designed and illustrated his own books. From 1912 until his death in 1954, he engaged in nearly fifty illustration projects, many of which rank among the greatest artists' books of the twentieth century. A master printmaker, equally adept in various media, he ensured that his prints would appear to best advantage in conjunction with the printed page. He directly participated in page layout, typography, lettering, ornament, cover design, and even the choice of text. More than any others of his rank and stature, he knew the principles of visual communication and perceived the potential of letterpress printing.
Graphic Passion recounts
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Short Paper Presenters Biographies
Krystal Appiah
Krystal Appiah is a second-year MLIS lärling specializing in Archival Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has interned at the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum, the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, and the Department of Special Collections at UCLA. Her research interests include archival literacy and increasing the use of archives bygd the public through exhibitions and programming.
Sheelagh Bevan
Sheelagh Bevan is the Assistant Librarian for Reference at the Museum of Modern Art Library. In May 2008, she received her MLIS with a concentration in rare books and special collections from the Palmer School for Library & resultat Science. She has a Master's degree with a focus on early modern print culture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in English Literature from Columbia University. As a graduate student, she worked part-time as a rare book ca