Category Archives: Will Cotton

One Sweet World – Will Cotton Master Class

By Claire Cushman (MFA 2015)  Coconut Cake, 2013  Will Cotton stands before a medium sized canvas, blank but for a few brown marks he’s laid in for measurements. He lazily wipes his paintbrush on his apron, which was once white but is now splattered with brown and red paint. “This is my rag,” he tells us. His voice is clear… Read More

WE’RE ALL JUST THE SAME SILLY PRIMATES

Last fall in Paris the Musee D’Orsay’s exhibition “Masculine / Masculine. The Nude Manin Art from 1800 to the Present Day” was a visual ode to the nude male form captured in paintings.  The landmark exhibition was the first of its kind and raised questions about artistic representations and societal perceptions of the nude male form.  Taking a page from… Read More