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Toward a Philosophy of Drawing with Kurt Kauper

Posted on August 24, 2023

Drawing, Photography, and the Representation of Space with Kurt Kauper

Before the middle of the 19th century, the representation of illusionistic space–the impression that the flat plane of the paper was a spatial expanse opening up before the viewer – was primary in the drawings of European artists. With the invention of technical images–photography and everything that followed–and their unavoidable presence as the dominant model of visual representation, space as a primary concern largely disappeared, even in the work of artists thought of as classical, painters such as Bouguereau, Gerome, or more modern figures such as Andrew Wyeth. Perhaps this turn was nothing but a shift in pictorial thinking, the dispensing of one representational model for another. But does the representation of space offer narrative and poetic possibilities worth reconsidering?

A lecture about the use of space in traditional drawing, a technical and poetic device that does not necessarily follow from the application of the elements of traditional drawing instruction. It was always a feature of drawings before the middle of the nineteenth century, and rarely a feature after.

Kurt Kauper (b. 1966, Indianapolis, IN) received his MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, CA and his BFA from Boston University, Boston, MA. He is the recipient of awards including the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant; the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant and the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant. Kauper lives and works in New York, NY.

 

2023 Chubb Fellows Exhibition

Posted on August 15, 2023

 

2023 Certificate of Fine Arts Exhibition

Posted on July 19, 2023

 

 

For more information about our Certificate of Fine Arts program, please click here.

Summer Exhibition 2023

Posted on June 1, 2023

 

 

2023 Summer Exhibition Jurors

Eden Deering, P·P·O·W

Anna Furney, Venus Over Manhattan

Olivia Smith, Magenta Plains

 

Download the digital catalog.

Featured in Hyperallergic as one of the must see shows of the summer.

 

2023 Staff Exhibition

Posted on May 25, 2023

 

2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Posted on April 26, 2023

Click here to view the 2023 Thesis Exhibition Catalog.

 

Submissions // Take Home a Nude

Posted on April 20, 2023

TAKE HOME A NUDE®

to benefit the Academy and its artists

 

Celebrating over 30 years of artists supporting artists,
this year’s auction will be the best one yet!

We are currently planning to hold this critical fundraiser
in-person during the Fall of 2025,
and we cannot do it without your help.

We look forward to seeing your submissions and thank you for your support!

 

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

 

ELIGIBILITY FOR SUBMISSION

Open to all artists. All artwork must be original, and must be available for purchase.

 

MEDIA / SPECIFICATIONS

  • Paintings, drawings, unique prints, sculpture, and photography are eligible
  • Each artist may submit up to five works for consideration
  • Artists must state the estimated value upon submission
  • Even though the auction is called “Take Home a Nude,” we prefer a variety of artwork in the auction – the artwork does not need to be of a nude

 

PRESENTATION & SELECTION

Accepted artworks do not need to be framed. If the selection committee chooses work that is unframed, a team of Academy graduates will frame it using archival materials and donated frames.

 

ENTRIES

  • All works must be submitted in .jpg format. Do NOT submit HEIC or PNG files!
  • Each artist may submit up to five works for consideration
  • Please submit one form per artwork.
  • Submissions will be accepted online only; any submitted work that differs from the digital entry guidelines below may be disqualified.
  • All image files must be named exactly as follows: Lastname_Firstname_Titleofwork.jpg
  • IMPORTANT: The names of your image files must not contain spaces or special characters – ‘/’, ‘.’, ‘#’, “-“, etc., (Underscores, ‘_’, however, are fine.)
  • Files cannot be larger than 1 MB. The submission site will not accept jpegs over 1 MB.
  • Submissions must be entered no later than June 26, 2025 (11:59pm).
  • Submissions will only be accepted through the online submission site. Click here to access the online form.

 

DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED WORK

  • All artists/lenders are responsible for transportation of the work to the Academy
  • Deliver all accepted works to:

New York Academy of Art
ATTN THAN
111 Franklin Street
New York, NY 10013

than@nyaa.edu / 212.842.5961

  • If delivering by hand, please do so Monday through Friday, 10am-7pm, Saturday and Sunday 12pm-6pm
  • C.O.D. deliveries will not be accepted
  • NO PACKING POPCORN

 

SALES

Artists have the following options upon submitting their work:

  • Donate 100% of the sale to benefit the Academy’s educational mission and scholarships
  • Receive some of the proceeds of the sale. If the work is accepted, you will be emailed a donation form where you can select the following amount of the proceeds (after 3-10%* of online platform fees are removed):
      • Up to 25% of the proceeds if the artwork sells for under $5,000
      • 50% of the proceeds if the artwork sells for over $5,000

*If the artist has special framing requests and the Academy has to pay for framing outside of its own frame shop then the artist will receive the commission percentage after framing costs are removed from the final sale price

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Submissions must be entered no later than June 26, 2025 (11:59pm). By submitting your artwork, you confirm that you understand and agree to the entry guidelines as stated above and that you are agreeing to donate your artwork to benefit the New York Academy of Art. This artwork may be used for Take Home a Nude, an art auction and sale to benefit the New York Academy of Art and its educational mission. If selected for inclusion in the auction, the artwork may be used for promotional purposes of the New York Academy of Art, and it may be posted to a global online auction and sales platform. Due to limitations of space and the discretion of the auction’s curators, not all submissions will be selected for inclusion and that selected work may be online-only and not included in the in-person auction. If work is unsold at the close of the auction, donating artists have the option of donating it for a future auction or sale or retrieving it from the Academy within three weeks after the auction closing date. All works left after this date will become the property of the New York Academy of Art to be used to benefit the Academy.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION


212-842-5961 (office)

than@nyaa.edu

 

Thank you for your support of the

New York Academy of Art!

 

 

2023 Kylemore Residency Exhibition

Posted on April 11, 2023

 

Student Curatorial Committee Exhibition: Beautiful Brief Existence

Posted on February 9, 2023

 

The Student Curatorial Committee is a group of student volunteers that organizes onsite Academy exhibitions twice a year.

Prior experience is not required to participate, and it is a great opportunity to learn about how to produce an exhibition from start to finish. All students are encouraged to participate in the SCC that meets as needed during the year.

 

On view February 9 – February 26, 2023

Closed to the public

 

Spring 2023 Members

Judith Greengus, Fatema Halvadwala, Jonathan MacGregor, Arwa Mahmoud, John Metido, Jamie Owens, Nicola Russell, Stefania Salles Bruins, and Megan Zappulla

 

Click Here to view the Fall 2022 Student Curatorial Exhibition, “Walls”

Click Here to view the Spring 2022 Student Curatorial Exhibition, “Hiraeth”

Click Here to view the Fall 2021 Student Curatorial Exhibition, “Inside Out”

Click Here to view the Spring 2021 Student Curatorial Exhibition “Treading Lightly”

Click Here to view the Fall 2020 Student Curatorial Exhibition, “Parallels”

 

 

New York Academy of Art

111 Franklin Street

New York, NY 10013

inquiries exhibitions@nyaa.edu

In the Studio: New York Academy of Art Faculty Exhibition

Posted on January 23, 2023

 

“In the Studio: New York Academy of Art Faculty Exhibition” presents 42 works of art from the Senior Critics, Full-Time Faculty, and Adjunct Faculty at the New York Academy of Art. This exhibition displays the breadth and complexity of the work produced by the creative community of the Academy’s faculty. From the meticulous and melancholy renderings of Michael Grimaldi to the mind-boggling bas reliefs of Jiannan Wu and the poetic abstractions of Sharon Butler, this display puts beyond question the value of studying with the world’s artistic masters.