![]() ![]() The internet has made it easier than ever to commission artwork, including painted portraits. “People are looking for something that’s got a little more personality, that’s not so instantaneous and that will have some longevity.” Robert DeJesus works from a photograph to make a sketch of Jaemin Deal. “You would think it would be dying out but it’s not,” he said. The fact that phone cameras are everywhere to capture important moments makes the idea of a painted portrait even more alluring, said Edward Jonas, chairman of the board for the Portrait Society of America. It remains popular because people are curious to see themselves portrayed through an artist’s eyes, said Tyler Cann, curator of contemporary art at the Columbus Museum of Art. Portrait subjects can also have themselves depicted as anime or cartoon characters, peg dolls, Lego figurines and more.Ĭommissioning portraits was for centuries the purview of the wealthy. The artists can showcase a family’s interests by portraying them at the beach, say, or bicycling or fishing. Would-be buyers can find artists working in a wide variety of styles and media who can create custom pieces based on photos and videos. The internet makes it easier than ever to commission artwork. ![]() “All I did was send her a couple of photos.” While the idea of commissioning an original work of art might “sound so fancy,” McDaniel said the process was simple. “It’s something special that (they) can always treasure and that can be shared with future generations,” said McDaniel, of Harrisburg, N.C. The piece, created by Oxnard, Calif., artist Nomi Wagner, hangs in her in-laws’ living room. McDaniel felt a painting had more permanence than photos, and could become a family heirloom. So last Christmas, she commissioned an artist to paint a family portrait featuring her in-laws and their immediate family: son, daughter, daughter-in-law and four grandchildren. Focusing on art (rather than artists) that both ‘speak to’ and have been ‘claimed’ by the LGBTQI community, the works on show evoke diverse resonances and meanings.Jewelette McDaniel always felt guilty about not sending photos often enough to her mother-in-law. The interpretation of art is – and should be – multi-layered. As Barlow makes clear, there isn’t one totalising ‘take’ on any given picture. Tate Britain’s new exhibition seeks to redress the invisibility of the queer gallery experience. Consciously or not we strive to recognise in works of art something of our own feelings, experiences and identities. Inspired by the sense of liberation artist Derek Jarman experienced in reclaiming a frightening and derogatory word, ‘queer’ is now – as curator Clare Barlow points out – an inclusive critical frame of reference for ‘fluid identities and experiences’ that fall outside mainstream traditions of gender and sexuality and one that should be celebrated.įor audiences, queer or otherwise, art is about recognition. This unique and timely exhibition explores how covert love and desire were expressed in a dangerously repressive culture where being ‘queer’ could lead to imprisonment and death. Tate Britain’s groundbreaking exhibition Queer British Art 1861-1967 – unimaginable not so very long ago – focusses on art produced in a hundred-year period from the repeal of the old ‘Buggery Act’ in 1861 to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. ![]()
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