Fall Lecture Preview #3

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Next month I am debuting a brand new lecture series that I am thrilled to be sharing with all of you titled, “How to Read a Painting.”  Hosted by the Winter Garden Art Association, this series will run for three weeks in October and cover the topics COLOR, SYMBOLS and STORIES in art.  This will be a wildly entertaining and fascinating series as we treat classic paintings from art history as mysteries to be solved by finding the clues within each artwork.

This preview is dedicated to the importance of STORIES in art history, but also to the idea that those stories can adapt and evolve over time.  In fact, those “traditional” stories can take on different meanings when told from the perspectives of male artists or female artists.  For example, both paintings attached to this post reference the story of The Procuress – a symbolic scene about a man propositioning a young woman for sex.  Can you tell which painting was painted by a male artist and which one was painted by a female artist?

For more information on this lecture series, please visit…

http://wgart.org/events/lecture-how-to-read-a-painting-part-3/

 

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I am writer and artist with a degree in art history who loves to talk to people about art. I have spent the last seven years building up The Wandering Art Historian “brand” as a way to connect with people who want to learn more about art. I give lectures and presentations and teach classes and host book club discussions with a creative or artistic connection. I also write about local artists, events, museums, and exhibitions to promote the arts in Central Florida. In 2021, I had a creative crisis. I struggled with authenticity in the art making process. I decided to make myself vulnerable and find out what a real, genuine Adrienne H. Lee artwork would look like. The process was challenging and emotional and revelatory. I learned that if necessity is the mother of invention, then authenticity is the mother of reinvention. I reinvented myself and learned an entirely new medium. The resulting artwork surprised me, and it will surprise you, too. Some people wish for a fairytale ending. For me, the fairy tale is only the beginning.