Note on Art

Note on Art

A note from LeRoy Neiman on his artistic career.

This abbreviated note from LeRoy Neiman provides a kind of poetic web of the artist’s journeying career. The writing touches on everything from his lack of institutional support (i.e. “no grants, no Fulbrights, ect.”) to a metaphorical look at disrobing himself of his Minnesotan background (e.g. he writes, “Time to make snow tracks out of the northlands”). This document then, although one of many describing Neiman’s professional development, emphasizes what might be considered the more pioneering aspects of this concern.

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Notes

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New York (N.Y.) New York

I was fueled and ready to take off
Navigate
Time to make (snow) tracks out of the northlands
Ali minus with wind chill
The coins that missed or did not hit the insert target or were her possession and
Time to seek something more
I just had to be explorative
Make a clear exit – no grants, no Fulbrights, ect.

Pencil and felt-tipped pen on paper.