Episode 44 takes us back home again to Judy's new and improved, double height living room.
Improved with the recent hangings and rearrangements of large art, hung high.
We'll see where some of Judy's older pieces have taken up permanent residence, as well as some new acquisitions; monumental pastels by Mark Giangaspero. Also featured is an older iconic charcoal drawing by Cleveland's iconic figurative artist and instructor, Marilyn Szalay, all beautifully composed and orchestrated with Country Blues by Max Ginsburg.
She'll also show us what was taken down to make room for this new display…and how eager she is to send these older, monumental beauties to their forever homes…at very reasonable prices!
First in an ongoing and scattered series where we "get high" in other parts of Judy's beautiful home and studio…
chock full of figurative art!
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For Episode 43…Judy took the show on the road to the Waterloo Arts district in Cleveland, Ohio
to check out New Beginnings, curated by Davon Brantley at Waterloo Arts.
Through this exhibition, we are, as viewers, exposed to an altogether different paradigm, one in which women artists from a spectrum of cultural experiences take center stage. Through a variety of media choices we hear from these women; their views on race, environment, cultural stigmas/standards, broken traditions, the personal, the psychological and more.
Artists:
Stina Aleah
Ashley Bohanon
Amirah Cunningham
ChristaFreehands
Kacey Gill
Destyni Green
Celena E. Higginbottom
Younghyeon Ryu
Euneata Walker
Lauren Webster
New Beginnings continues through February 6th. Gallery hours Saturday from 12 to 2, and also by
Gallery Talk with the artists January 23rd at 2:00.
For Episode 42…we stayed home and hunkered down with a trip to my closet.
We checked out some of my oldies but goodie watercolor pieces hanging in the closet hallway, leading to a newly framed beauty by Teresa Oaxaca…who just so happens to be teaching a drawing workshop virtually this weekend! Watch her video here.
THEN then I show you and talk about some of the fabulous vintage outfits I've worn for
Living Figuratively in 2020…AAAAND tell you where I got them!
Fine! I'll tell you now…Getup Vintage in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Sweet Lorain in Cleveland, Ohio
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For Episode 41…the first for 2021, Judy takes the show on the road once again to visit
The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve in University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio.
About Body/About Face, curated by AAWR Executive Director, Mindy Tousley, is a small-group, figurative exhibition
which examines the representation of African American bodies in art and culture.
Featuring 7 regional creators, Amanda King, LaSaundra Robinson, Tony Williams, Davon Brantley, Jacques P Jackson, Lawrence Baker and Yvonne Palkowitsh, the show includes paintings, mixed media installations, photography, mosaics, and textiles, creating a compelling display which is both a meditation and celebration of black identity.
Hear the artists speaking about their own work; watch the Panel Discussions hosted by
curator Mindy Tousley and Megan Alves of the Artists Archives via YouTube.
Here's the first one with artists, Baker, King and Williams.
Here's the second one featuring artists Palkowitsh, Jackson and Brantley.
Both are fascinating!
About Body/About Face continues through January 16th.
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New Year's Eve, like Christmas Eve this year…is on a Thursday night, and for Living Figuratively it was business as usual!
For Episode 40, Judy unveiled two new paintings…a diptych…from her Goddess Project
Epiphany of Eve and Epiphany of Pandora.
Because the Christian Holiday of Epiphany is coming up on January 6th…
the timing of her topic and titles couldn't be better!
We'll also see two affordably priced studies that came before the creation of her larger paintings,
both of which are framed and available for immediate sale!
And, as always, during these difficult Covid times, the artist will be paying forward 50% of the profits from any sales,
into the struggling art community.
Juried by LCC Gallery Director, Mary Urbas,
I'm thrilled to announce that my painting,
Maria Incognito In Kimono
was accepted to hang in this prestigious show at the
Ursuline College Wasmer Gallery!
Show opens November 6th with a Virtual Zoom Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony.
Details coming soon!
On December 10th, I played my best Agent 99 and took Living Figuratively to the
New Masters Second Annual Juried Exhibition
Watch Living Figuratively: New Masters at Ursuline Here!
Make your appointment to go see this fabulous show…through January 29th.
440.646.8121 or email Anna Arnold at aarnold@ursuline.edu
For Episode 33 we revisited the Love, Athena Triptych.
Since returning from lockdown at the Zanesville Museum of Art
I have presented this magnum opus of a painting on Living Figuratively twice, first here and then here.
Since those presentations, I have realized that the portrait of my friend Pam, far left in the center panel, wasn't working…
and also that the world has changed.
I have given her a Redux and now, I believe it says so much more than it did before.
Since my Chicks with Balls books are already printed, I have created an insert with the new image.
If you have already purchased Chicks with Balls: Judy Takács keeps painting unsung female heroes,
send me an email with your mailing address and I'll send you the signed insert on heavyweight paper.
All future orders of the book will come with the signed insert included already.
And, as always, during these difficult Covid times, I'll be paying forward 50% of the profits from any sales,
into the struggling art community.
Last week, I presented my epic triptych, Love, Athena, home from its
extended COVID 2020 lockdown at the Zanesville Museum of Art.
This gigantic, three part multi-figure portrait bridges the gap between my Chicks with Balls and The Goddess Project.
It was unveiled for its first worldwide viewing.
This week, Thursday, June 18th I presented Part 2: Love, Athena…HOW
I show and tell you about the nuts and bolts of how I set up the posing sessions and
chose, doctored up or made the props that went into the creation of Love, Athena.
I also I showed you how I was inspired by masterworks by
Karen Offutt, Sadie Valeri, Lea Colie Wight, Will St. John, Rembrandt…and more…
to create various parts of this epic triptych.
I welcomed my epic triptych, Love, Athena, home from her
extended COVID 2020 lockdown at the Zanesville Museum of Art.
This gigantic, three part multi-figure portrait bridges the gap between my Chicks with Balls and The Goddess Project.
It was unveiled for its first worldwide viewing.
Part 1: WHO, WHAT, and WHY
I talk about the women who posed and why I chose them,
show you details, symbolism and how this triptych ties into themes and concepts from The Goddess Project.
The Chicks with Balls collection is home now from its 4-month stay on lockdown at the Zanesville Museum of Art.
Filmed in March by cinematographer, Mark Pendergast, just before the Covid Lockdowns, this movie walks us through of the beautiful ZMA Great Gallery full of my beautiful Chicks with Balls, and is accompanied by original music by Mark Pendergast.
The opening of the show was also the book launch of the long-awaited second Chicks with Balls Book.
Chicks with Balls: Judy Takács keeps painting unsung female heroes
Both the first and second chicks books are for sale at my online shop right here.
Painted and collaged to honor the
passing of my parents and the
mountains of handwritten documents, letters and ephemera they left behind,
Ephemera Collector won Best in Show at the
73rd Ohio Annual and was also
awarded Grand Prize in the
Artists Magazine All-Media Competition.
She is now represented by 33 Contemporary in Chicago, and is available on artsy.net.
Painted to represent the tumultuous time
before, during and after the passing of my parents,
this triple self-portrait has won awards at
The May Show at Lakeland Community College and at the
Evanston Museum of Art in Indiana.
Most recently she pushed my Best in Show tally to an even dozen, by winning the top award at
Me, Myself and I, at the Summit Artspace in Akron, Ohio.
She is now represented by
33 Contemporary in Chicago and is available on artsy.net.
I talk all about art, life and my Chicks with Balls project in Mimi Vanderhaven Magazine.
With its mission of 25 Museum Shows in 25 Years, the American Women Artists organization is unique in its approach to advocating for women artists. I was proud to have achieved Associate with Distinction Status a few years back, and now have moved up to Signature Status with this esteemed organization.
This is so special because I basically grew up in art hearing about the Salmagundi Club in New York from my Portrait Teacher at the Cleveland Institute of Art, José Cintron. He spoke of it with a reverence for the artistic giants of portraiture who have also been members since it began in 1871. William Merrit Chase, Norman Rockwell, Childe Hassam, N.C. Wyeth, Howard Pyle…even Louis Comfort Tiffany. The Salmagundi Club positioned itself at that lovely crossroads between narrative, representational art and illustration, at a time when that was going out of favor, they carried the torch.
Catharine Lorillard Wolf was a major collector and patron of the arts at the turn of the last century. The CLWAC was established to honor her legacy. Thrilled to announce that I am the newest elected member of this prestigious and selective 122 year old Organization.