Notes on Art
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Title
Notes on Art
Subject
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on the 1960s and 70s.
Description
This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a selection of critical events and persons from the mid-1960s through early 1970s. In addition to this list, the artist has provided a personal commentary, communicating his distance to these very topics. Neiman traveled often for his Playboy column, “Man at His Leisure” (MAHL), through this period. The column, starting in 1958, ran 15 years. The note was most likely made in preparation for the artist's memoir, All Told.
Creator
LeRoy Neiman
Source
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
Publisher
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
Date
c. 1990-2011
Contributor
LeRoy Neiman
Rights
Property of the LeRoy Neiman Foundation; please consult the organization's archivist for further details.
Relation
Notes
Format
Image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Document
Identifier
LN_Notes_1869_01; LN_Notes_1869_02
Coverage
New York (N.Y.) New York
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
1966 Huey Newton panther’s Bobby Seal
Eldridge Cleaver Hoogy-
1967 Twiggy the emaciated look
Rolling Stone Mag.
68 King Animated
69 Oh Calcutta
Woodstock
Penthouse
70 Monday nite football
71 Louis Armstrong dies
72 Olympic [?] Korbut
73 KURT Vonnegut JR
“Breakfast of Champions”
I’ve watched a lot of enduring born
I wasn’t the Kind of Baby Child you wanted to pick up and hug or Child you wanted to protect or whose favor you wanted to gain by being physically close to these power people at play. than I would not be a close to them (TO STUDY) were they at work and unavailable at home. /
all the while, world society shaking events were taking place I was traipsing around the continent studying the social scene which never seems seemed to come to a halt (or even slow down) in the parts of the world where countries (were not) playing host to the tragic events of the day.
Where the Big LEADERS, and behind the scenes decision makers taking their break to play. there is a lot to reveal where they come from (IN EVER RESPECT) by their (mannerisms/behavior) on the pleasure seeking playground scene
Ever conscious morality aware (ex-patriots) like Baldwin were even more intense about happenings in the states (IN THEIR ABSENCES) as were the (conspicuous) politicians (CORPORATE) industrialists, etc. who in today’s world of immediate communications (STAY) abreast wherever they are. I felt in many ways closer (to MAJOR) problems that effect every human
Eldridge Cleaver Hoogy-
1967 Twiggy the emaciated look
Rolling Stone Mag.
68 King Animated
69 Oh Calcutta
Woodstock
Penthouse
70 Monday nite football
71 Louis Armstrong dies
72 Olympic [?] Korbut
73 KURT Vonnegut JR
“Breakfast of Champions”
I’ve watched a lot of enduring born
I wasn’t the Kind of Baby Child you wanted to pick up and hug or Child you wanted to protect or whose favor you wanted to gain by being physically close to these power people at play. than I would not be a close to them (TO STUDY) were they at work and unavailable at home. /
all the while, world society shaking events were taking place I was traipsing around the continent studying the social scene which never seems seemed to come to a halt (or even slow down) in the parts of the world where countries (were not) playing host to the tragic events of the day.
Where the Big LEADERS, and behind the scenes decision makers taking their break to play. there is a lot to reveal where they come from (IN EVER RESPECT) by their (mannerisms/behavior) on the pleasure seeking playground scene
Ever conscious morality aware (ex-patriots) like Baldwin were even more intense about happenings in the states (IN THEIR ABSENCES) as were the (conspicuous) politicians (CORPORATE) industrialists, etc. who in today’s world of immediate communications (STAY) abreast wherever they are. I felt in many ways closer (to MAJOR) problems that effect every human
Original Format
Pen, pencil, and felt-tipped pen on paper.
Files
Collection
Citation
LeRoy Neiman, “Notes on Art,” LeRoy Neiman Foundation, accessed May 14, 2024, https://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/169.