Day of the Painter, 2014. A curated group exhibition exploring contemporary perceptions of painting by artists trained outside the painting canon. Presented during Pittsburgh’s “Unblurred: First Friday” art walk, the show invited public dialogue on how painting is understood todayDay of the Painter, 2014. A curated group exhibition exploring contemporary perceptions of painting by artists trained outside the painting canon. Presented during Pittsburgh’s “Unblurred: First Friday” art walk, the show invited public dialogue on how painting is understood todayDay of the Painter, 2014. A curated group exhibition exploring contemporary perceptions of painting by artists trained outside the painting canon. Presented during Pittsburgh’s “Unblurred: First Friday” art walk, the show invited public dialogue on how painting is understood todayDay of the Painter, 2014. A curated group exhibition exploring contemporary perceptions of painting by artists trained outside the painting canon. Presented during Pittsburgh’s “Unblurred: First Friday” art walk, the show invited public dialogue on how painting is understood todayDay of the Painter, 2014. A curated group exhibition exploring contemporary perceptions of painting by artists trained outside the painting canon. Presented during Pittsburgh’s “Unblurred: First Friday” art walk, the show invited public dialogue on how painting is understood todayDay of the Painter, 2014. A curated group exhibition exploring contemporary perceptions of painting by artists trained outside the painting canon. Presented during Pittsburgh’s “Unblurred: First Friday” art walk, the show invited public dialogue on how painting is understood todayDay of the Painter, 2014. A curated group exhibition exploring contemporary perceptions of painting by artists trained outside the painting canon. Presented during Pittsburgh’s “Unblurred: First Friday” art walk, the show invited public dialogue on how painting is understood todayDay of the Painter, 2014. A curated group exhibition exploring contemporary perceptions of painting by artists trained outside the painting canon. Presented during Pittsburgh’s “Unblurred: First Friday” art walk, the show invited public dialogue on how painting is understood todayDay of the Painter, 2014. A curated group exhibition exploring contemporary perceptions of painting by artists trained outside the painting canon. Presented during Pittsburgh’s “Unblurred: First Friday” art walk, the show invited public dialogue on how painting is understood todayDay of the Painter, 2014. A curated group exhibition exploring contemporary perceptions of painting by artists trained outside the painting canon. Presented during Pittsburgh’s “Unblurred: First Friday” art walk, the show invited public dialogue on how painting is understood todayDay of the Painter, 2014. Poster
Curatorial Project 2014
Most artists start out as painters. They view paintings within the context of painting’s history, knowledge that the public rarely accesses. Because of this, many artists move away from painting and choose mediums less tied to historical knowledge. The Day of the Painter explored how artists trained in the intellectual field of academic art, but outside the traditional painting canon, see painting today.
For this show, I invited sculptors and multimedia artists to share their ideas of what painting means today with the public. Pittsburgh’s Unblurred: First Friday art initiative hosted the exhibition, bringing the works to a broad audience. Conversations between viewers and artists sparked meaningful discussions about the question “What is art?” beyond the canvas and through painting itself.
