August 2020
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION
Lisa DeLoria Weinblatt
ARTIST STATEMENT
SCHOOL LUNCH
I am a figurative painter whose imagery is informed through personal experience, memory and direct observation. The paintings comprising SCHOOL LUNCH, present images concerning the nature and passions of relationships. My goal is to create humanistic awareness in a framework which is universally recognized.
The SCHOOL LUNCH series is a pictorial essay of contemporary student life, in real educational settings. Contemporary cross-cultural issues and their emotional attitudes are explored in the shared experience of school lunch. SCHOOL LUNCH is generated from direct observation, drawing on location, afternoons in the lunchrooms of High Schools, University and College campuses.
Each individual, as well as those in group interactions, in my paintings is drawn in the moment. Everyone in the paintings is an actual person. The drawings are fast graphite/ pastel pencil drawings, created in ten – twenty minutes. These drawings are the genesis of my paintings. As part of my college exhibitions, I am often invited on campus as a ‘resident/visiting artist’. This opportunity allows access to a wide scope of activities to record.
The challenges inherent in our diverse society surround us today. Visual images have the power to transform and enlarge our perceptions, as well as, confirm identity and validate experience. The SCHOOL LUNCH paintings seek to promote discussion and understanding of one another, while encouraging tolerance and acceptance.
Dennis Wepman, Curator of the Karpeles Museum”, NY states “This artist incorporates a dynamic narrative in the paintings, implicit of the energy and tension of real life encounters…”.
SCHOOL LUNCH underlines perceptions which affirm cultural identity, brings together ideas espousing contemporary social justice, gender and political concerns while encouraging a belief in the quality of human spirit. My objectives include continuing to forge a bridge connecting a multi-cultural society with achievement; through cooperation and acceptance.
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION
Lisa DeLoria Weinblatt
ARTIST STATEMENT
SCHOOL LUNCH
I am a figurative painter whose imagery is informed through personal experience, memory and direct observation. The paintings comprising SCHOOL LUNCH, present images concerning the nature and passions of relationships. My goal is to create humanistic awareness in a framework which is universally recognized.
The SCHOOL LUNCH series is a pictorial essay of contemporary student life, in real educational settings. Contemporary cross-cultural issues and their emotional attitudes are explored in the shared experience of school lunch. SCHOOL LUNCH is generated from direct observation, drawing on location, afternoons in the lunchrooms of High Schools, University and College campuses.
Each individual, as well as those in group interactions, in my paintings is drawn in the moment. Everyone in the paintings is an actual person. The drawings are fast graphite/ pastel pencil drawings, created in ten – twenty minutes. These drawings are the genesis of my paintings. As part of my college exhibitions, I am often invited on campus as a ‘resident/visiting artist’. This opportunity allows access to a wide scope of activities to record.
The challenges inherent in our diverse society surround us today. Visual images have the power to transform and enlarge our perceptions, as well as, confirm identity and validate experience. The SCHOOL LUNCH paintings seek to promote discussion and understanding of one another, while encouraging tolerance and acceptance.
Dennis Wepman, Curator of the Karpeles Museum”, NY states “This artist incorporates a dynamic narrative in the paintings, implicit of the energy and tension of real life encounters…”.
SCHOOL LUNCH underlines perceptions which affirm cultural identity, brings together ideas espousing contemporary social justice, gender and political concerns while encouraging a belief in the quality of human spirit. My objectives include continuing to forge a bridge connecting a multi-cultural society with achievement; through cooperation and acceptance.
Lisa DeLoria Weinblatt graduated Magna Cum Laude, Art Department Honors, 1987, Queens College, Flushing, New York. She received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, 1991 She has been awarded five Artist-In-Residence National Scholarships.
Lisa has exhibited in nine museum shows across the USA. She has had over 35 solo exhibitions and has exhibited in over 175 group shows.
Lisa has exhibited in nine museum shows across the USA. She has had over 35 solo exhibitions and has exhibited in over 175 group shows.
For inquiries contact the artists directly:
Lisa DeLoria Weinblatt
ldweinblatt@gmail.com
http://www.lisadeloriaweinblatt.com/
Lisa DeLoria Weinblatt
ldweinblatt@gmail.com
http://www.lisadeloriaweinblatt.com/