Category Archives: Visiting Critic

Crits: Describing the Method and Philosophy of My Work

Posted on March 30, 2015

By Daniel Lopez (MFA 2016)  One of the most important parts of my journey as an artist and sculptor at NYAA has been critique, or “crit” as we call it. Critique Signup Sheet Critiques can take place with a visiting artist or critic, a full time faculty member, or a third year fellow. This week I had crit with Guggenheim… Read More

Cecily Brown in Conversation with Claire Cushman (MFA 2015)

Posted on November 18, 2014

By Claire Cushman (MFA 2015)  People often tell Cecily Brown that she paints like a man from the fifties. Her response? “Well, somebody’s got to do it.”Her large-scale, remarkably tactile oil paintings hover at the intersection between abstraction and figuration, and are often compared to Abstract Expressionist works. Based on the aggressive way she puts down paint and her star… Read More