radical artists — Lo Art Lectures

Andrew Wyeth is one of America’s distinguished painters – over his long career he was celebrated as a champion of realism – he raised more ire than the radical artists of the avant-garde – his Helga suite was scathingly censored – his achievement is controversial.

This illustrated lecture is a glimpse of the watercolor paintings and meticulous egg temperas of Wyeth’s world – the rolling, verdant hills of Chadds Ford Pennsylvania and the rugged coast of Cushing Maine – Wyeth’s intimate family – his lifelong African-American friends – his immediate neighbors.

The art of Wyeth is rich, diverse – art seemingly tranquil – art that vibrates eerily with death, secrecy and sensuality – art that combines mad freedom with truth.

Andrew Wyeth considered himself “an eye hovering above his existence”.

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