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    Sid Vicious & I

    ByMark Vallen September 12, 2007January 21, 2023

    I make a short appearance on one of the special features appearing on the 30th Anniversary DVD edition of Sid & Nancy, Alex Cox’s 1986 movie about British punk rocker Sid Vicious and his American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. In May of 2007, I was asked to appear in the special feature for the MGM movie re-release and contribute my thoughts…

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    Bouguereau & His American Students

    ByMark Vallen August 21, 2007April 4, 2014

    What possible relevance could Adolphe-William Bouguereau, a French academic painter from the Victorian age, have in today’s world? That in essence is what the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette asked when it interviewed me regarding a display of the painter’s works at the Frick Art & Historical Center of Pennsylvania. The Frick exhibit, In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau & His American…

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  • African American

    Black Heritage on the Auction Block

    ByMark Vallen August 18, 2007January 21, 2023

    I was horrified to read in the Los Angeles Times that the historic collection of African American art owned by L.A.’s Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company has been “carted off to be auctioned in New York.” The LAT article, Historians angered by auction of black art, revealed that “Golden State plans to sell 94 artworks Oct. 4 at Swann…

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  • Prints - Posters

    Baskin: Graphic Force, Humanist Vision

    ByMark Vallen August 18, 2007September 17, 2010

    The American painter, printmaker and sculptor, Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) once said “Art is content, or it is nothing.” As a teenage artist searching for role models, I discovered Baskin in the late 60’s – and I took his words to heart. A figurative realist shaped by the earthshaking events of the 1930’s, Baskin would first be recognized for his sculptures,…

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  • Artists and the Iraq war

    The “Fundamental” Art Exhibit

    ByMark Vallen August 16, 2007January 20, 2023

    Fundamental is an international touring art exhibition that explores the prickly subject of fundamentalist religious intolerance at the turn of the 21st century. I’m pleased to announce that my painting, A People Under Command: USA Today, is included in the exhibit, which tours four European cities from September 2007 until June 2008. Fundamental will premiere at two venues in Manchester,…

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  • Artists and the Iraq war

    On Decorating The Blast Walls

    ByMark Vallen August 3, 2007April 10, 2016

    I once saw a photograph of an artist painting a mural, and what came to mind? That the artist was playing a constructive role in society by creating a public work meant to beautify his community? Of course I had many reactions to the photo, but in reading about the actual circumstances in which it was made, suddenly a different…

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  • General

    It’s All Going To The Dogs

    ByMark Vallen July 31, 2007April 10, 2016

    Some people have no business being artists… and others have no business holding public office. Put the two together and you get, well, the following story. Actress Jane Seymour fancies herself a painter. As with the artworks of most pop celebrities who turn to the “hobby” of painting after a dazzling and money-spinning career, it’s not quality or profundity that…

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  • Chicanarte-Chicano art

    The Royal Chicano Air Force Still Flies

    ByMark Vallen July 26, 2007January 21, 2023

    Ricardo Favela, a founding member of the groundbreaking Chicano Arts collective, the Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF, aka: The Rebel Chicano Art Front), died of a heart attack this past July 15th, 2007. He was 62. The RCAF colectivo was founded in Sacramento, California, in 1969, and through its inspired and tireless output was intrumental in helping to establish the…

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