Note on Art

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Title

Note on Art

Subject

A note from LeRoy Neiman on his critical reception.

Description

This note from LeRoy Neiman was made in preparation for the artist’s memoir, All Told. The writing opens from the vantage point of both protest and resignation. Neiman is speaking to his critical reception. This emotionally indeterminate stance is then flipped, giving way to a review of potential titles for his prospective book. The remaining three sections of the document look at notions of success. The first two return to a tension between commercial prosperity and social ranking within the establishment. The final segment touches on the subject of tribute; within this portion, Neiman cites the gifting of public sculptures honoring french artists in Paris.

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_881

Coverage

New York (N.Y.) New York

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Text

Time to speak my tongue. Tired of being treated with distain. Let them have their say. Thy are convinced in concert of then news. Why deny me their wails.
Confessions of a young artist
Confessions of an army cook
Confessions of a student
Confessions of an old artist
Depict life on many levels

The arduous task of being a successful artist in a money oriented marketplace where those critical of your popularity and financial gains do the (very) same (things) as the practices (you) and your associates do in a profitmaking society. The most elite and elevated leaders of the (selected) official art world boast of the prices, (how) cannonzied an artist’s work gets, and they also explore exploit the very (same) promotional directions [as] the art merchants they dismiss as hustlers do.
Sales and publicists for both (public and the officially recognized artist) is one and the same practice.
Hectic output led to success after success – and to being controversial and unacceptable to the taste makers. After many years creating under those conditions and accepted generation followed doing much the same thing to applause.
The public sculptures honoring French artists in Paris by gifted sculptors of past centuries is monumental and a tribute of lasting honor. (To the artist) I sight the Moliere piece on Rue Rivoli and large many figured piece including and honoring de Maupassant in the Parc Monceau (8th Arrondissement)

Original Format

Felt-tipped and ballpoint pen on paper.

Files

LN_Notes_881.jpg

Citation

LeRoy Neiman , “Note on Art,” LeRoy Neiman Foundation, accessed March 28, 2024, https://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/47.