Deadline December 21. All visual artists are encouraged to submit art of the nude to the barebrush.com for selection by Alexander Katlan, art conservator, collector and author, for the January 2008 N*des-of-the-Month exhibition.
New York, NY – Dec. 3, 2007. barebrush.com announces today that Alexander Katlan, art conservator, author and collector, will select and curate the January 2008 N*des-of-the-Month virtual exhibition. The entry deadline for the January 2008 calendar is December 21. Art must be uploaded to barebrush.com on or before December 21 to be eligible for the January exhibition. Artists are strongly encouraged to upload their entries early and avoid being closed out due to overflow in the closing days of the contest.
About Alexander Katlan
Alexander Katlan, MA, MFA, founder of Alexander Katlan Conservator, Inc. provides in-depth museum quality conservation, documentation of fine paintings and research.
Alex has Master of Fine Arts degree in painting conservation (Florence, Italy) and a Master of Art in art history (Queens College, NY). Professional Associate status has been awarded by the American Institute of Conservation. He has been a recipient of numerous grants and awards from the Smithsonian Institution, the New York State Council on the Arts, and The Institute of Museum Services. He is a founding organizer of the New York Conservation Association. He has lectured at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the West Point Museum and numerous historical societies and universities. Mr. Katlan has taught appraisal studes at NYU and has published articles in many conservation journals. He is the author of The Black and White Exhibitions of the Salmagundi Sketch Club 1878-1887: A Guide to Etchings, Engravings, Drawings, Sculpture, Ceramics, Oils and Monotypes (2007).
"In keeping with our policy to select barebrush curators from a variety of art backgrounds, I am very pleased that Alex Katlan has agreed to curate the January 2008 show for barebrush," says CEO, Ilene Skeen. "Alex is unflagging in his enthusiasm for art, his attention to detail and his comittment to preserving both art and art-related history. He comes to barebrush with a lifetime of experience in preserving, appreciating and collecting fine art."
Alex's concentration has been on the artists of the nineteenth century, and when asked what he would like to see from the artists of today for the January 2008 calendar, he expressed sentiments consistent with his classical training and background as a conservator: "I look for line, form and composition in all artwork, as well as inventiveness, color, technical stability and sound painting methods, whether contemporary or historical."
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