Following is an article by Susan Silas, "A Painter Finds Depth in Flatness", August 28, 2014 from the website Hyperallergic. If you look at artist Carl Ostendarp’s Facebook page, it is a parade of... Read full biography
Following is an article by Susan Silas, "A Painter Finds Depth in Flatness", August 28, 2014 from the website Hyperallergic. If you look at artist Carl Ostendarp’s Facebook page, it is a parade of cartoon characters from various periods. In a video from the series 13 Artists in the Studio, a... Read full biography
Following is an article by Susan Silas, "A Painter Finds Depth in Flatness", August 28, 2014 from the website Hyperallergic. If you look at artist Carl Ostendarp’s Facebook page, it is a parade of cartoon characters from various periods. In a video from the series 13 Artists in the Studio, a 20-years-younger Ostendarp speaks of his admiration for painters whose work does not demand connoisseurship of the audience. He sees cartooning as based on this principle, and he believes there has always... Read full biography
Following is an article by Susan Silas, "A Painter Finds Depth in Flatness", August 28, 2014 from the website Hyperallergic. If you look at artist Carl Ostendarp’s Facebook page, it is a parade of cartoon characters from various periods. In a video from the series 13 Artists in the Studio, a 20-years-younger Ostendarp speaks of his admiration for painters whose work does not demand connoisseurship of the audience. He sees cartooning as based on this principle, and he believes there has always been cross-fertilization between high and low culture. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, much of art history was seen through the lens of connoisseur-ship, a certain kind of privileged knowing; when I was younger, courses were offered in “art... Read full biography
Following is an article by Susan Silas, "A Painter Finds Depth in Flatness", August 28, 2014 from the website Hyperallergic. If you look at artist Carl Ostendarp’s Facebook page, it is a parade of cartoon characters from various periods. In a video from the series 13 Artists in the Studio, a 20-years-younger Ostendarp speaks of his admiration for painters whose work does not demand connoisseurship of the audience. He sees cartooning as based on this principle, and he believes there has always been cross-fertilization between high and low culture. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, much of art history was seen through the lens of connoisseur-ship, a certain kind of privileged knowing; when I was younger, courses were offered in “art appreciation” as an avenue of edification. What Ostendarp believes in is the possibility of being a serious pai... Read full biography
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