Alyssa Monks: How loss helped one artist find beauty in imperfection
Алисса Монкс: Как потеря помогла одной художнице найти красоту в несовершенстве
Alyssa Monks transfers the intimacy and vulnerability of human experience onto a painted surface. Full bio
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в стиле фигуративизма,
about something personal
чем-то очень личным,
поможет кому-то ещё.
may be helpful to somebody.
I grew up the youngest of eight.
Я была младшей из восьми детей.
from when I was eight to 16,
на все доступные,
заниматься только этим.
in New York City.
вместе со мной в Нью-Йорке.
I learned a few survival skills.
я усвоила несколько правил выживания.
see you do anything stupid.
когда творишь глупости.
and stay in line.
и не выделяться.
to be an artist.
что хочу быть художником.
to support my painting.
чтобы продолжать писать картины.
получила степень магистра искусств.
and I got an MFA,
my brother asked me,
брат спросил меня:
mean next to the paintings?"
возле картин?»
that the paintings were sold
had four electrical outlets,
and a toaster at the same time,
и тостер одновременно,
from back around that time.
as realistic as possible.
индивидуальность и правдоподобность.
isolated and in total control.
и полностью себя контролировала.
of painting people in water.
рисуя людей в воде.
the perfect enclosed environment.
идеальной закрытой средой,
that kept me busy for a decade.
которое затянулось на 10 лет.
with the bathwater to make it cloudy
чтобы сделать её мутной,
не терпелось приступить к работе.
I couldn't wait to paint it.
kind of impulsive curiosity,
in my head and hair
with more than four outlets.
в которой больше четырёх розеток.
and inspiring each other.
и вдохновляли друг друга.
who made this painting
он нарисовал картину,
что это означает, он ответил:
ты больше не ребёнок,
into adulthood, you're no longer a child,
by the responsibilities of life."
жизненные обязательства».
and it was in her brain.
и уже был в мозге.
я упала на колени.
and I looked at her,
и посмотрела на неё,
how to help her.
having him in charge,
что он был за главного,
taking care of her.
everything I could to help,
сделать всё, что в моих силах,
I'm going to need you later."
ты будешь нужна мне позже».
and the internet didn't know:
что-то исправить,
and whatever situation came up,
и что бы ни происходило,
then now I was surrendering,
теперь я сдалась,
контролировать неконтролируемое
the uncontrollable
into bed with her and sleep with her.
в постель и спала рядом с ней.
his car coming up the driveway.
как подъезжает его машина.
сделанная ею кружка,
for breakfast.
and bring their kids,
и привозили своих детей.
использовать кресло-каталку.
we could find to drink her coffee.
чашечки, которую мы смогли найти.
её самостоятельно,
to help me with the showers.
помощницу помогать нам в душе.
after her diagnosis.
как ей поставили диагноз.
supportive and attentive way.
что бы поддержать друг друга.
all together in this unknown,
of my time alone in a studio working,
одна в студии за работой,
for me to go back to my studio.
возвращаться назад в студию.
and I drove back to Brooklyn,
so that's what I did.
делать то, чем занималась всегда.
that was unraveling in me.
что меня опутывало.
rendered safe place
тщательно запечатлённое место,
I didn't want to paint anymore.
я больше не хотела рисовать.
and I wasn't a landscape painter,
но не рисовала пейзажей,
much of any kind of painter at all,
какого-то определённого направления,
привязанностей и надежд.
беззаботной и свободной.
мокрых картин
It didn't matter. It didn't matter.
back to my studio,
и разрисовала снова.
передать пространство.
that were fascinating me,
the paint like I used to.
контролировать то, что рисую.
and suggesting,
chaotic, turbulent surface
неспокойная поверхность
as I was when I was a student.
как когда я была студенткой.
to put figures in these paintings, people,
включить в свои картины людей,
both people and this atmosphere.
и люди, и та атмосфера.
как это воплотить,
тошноты и головокружения,
what I've been working on.
что из этого получилось.
and it's like a preview, I guess,
так что это будет предпоказом
what matters most to me,
то, что важно для меня,
where there's no resisting or controlling.
где нет сопротивления или контроля.
big losses in our lives,
are out of our control.
to find something beautiful
для выявления прекрасного
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alyssa Monks - PainterAlyssa Monks transfers the intimacy and vulnerability of human experience onto a painted surface.
Why you should listen
Alyssa Monks blurs the line between abstraction and realism through layering different spaces and moments in her paintings. Using semi-transparent filters of glass, vinyl, steam and water to flip background and foreground in her 10-year water series, she seduced the viewer into shallow spaces. Today, she is imposing a transparent landscape of infinite space over her emotionally evocative subjects.
The tension in her mostly large-scale paintings is sustained not only by the composition but also by the surface treatment itself. Each brushstroke is thickly applied oil paint, like a fossil recording every gesture and decision, expressing the energetic and empathic experience of the handmade object.
Monks's work is represented by Forum Gallery in New York City. She lives and paints in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Her latest solo exhibition "Resolution" took place March and April of 2016 at Forum Gallery. Monks's paintings have been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions including "Intimacy" at the Kunst Museum in Ahlen, Germany and "Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820–2009" at the National Academy Museum of Fine Arts, New York. Her work is represented in public and private collections, including the Savannah College of Arts, the Somerset Art Association, Fullerton College, the Seavest Collection and the collections of Eric Fischl, Howard Tullman, Gerrity Lansing, Danielle Steele, Alec Baldwin and Luciano Benetton.
Born 1977 in New Jersey, Monks began oil painting as a child. She studied at The New School in New York and Montclair State University and earned her B.A. from Boston College in 1999. During this time she studied painting at Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence. She went on to earn her M.F.A from the New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art in 2001. She completed an artist in residency at Fullerton College in 2006 and has lectured and taught at universities and institutions nationwide. She continues to offer workshops and lectures regularly.
Monks has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for Painting three times and serves as a member of the New York Academy of Art's Board of Trustees.
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