Note on Art

Note on Art

A note from LeRoy Neiman on his process and aesthetic.

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides insight into the artist’s process. Written in third person objective, the note abstracts this process into a few major concepts—e.g. “visual lexicon”, “immediate environment”, and “personal examination of the complexity of the cultural landscape”. This catalogue of sorts then points to not only the artist’s interests in art-making but also contradictions inherent to his work. Neiman was attentive to both motif and realism, positioning himself inside and outside the scene, as well as the tensions between the personal and the cultural.

LeRoy Neiman

LeRoy Neiman Foundation

LeRoy Neiman Foundation

c. 1990-2011

LeRoy Neiman

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Notes

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English

Document

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New York (N.Y.) New York

self reliance
destiny
paints what he knows
visual lexicon
immediate environment
human experience
personal examination of the complexity of the cultural LAND
SCAPE
SEDUCE THE VIEWERS
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Permanent marker on paper.