Comments for Dylan Klempner http://www.dylanklempner.com Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:51:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Chuck Close: Art and Human Relationships by Brendan McCall http://www.dylanklempner.com/chuck-close-art-and-human-relationship/#comment-39 Brendan McCall Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:51:49 +0000 http://www.dylanklempner.com/?p=399#comment-39 Thank you for posting this, Dylan. Chuck Close is one of my favorite visual artists, and I find his unwavering commitment to creating his work despite physical barriers utterly inspiring. Your post reminded me of Henri Matisse, who also need to invent a different approach later in life, when his hands were so arthritic he could no longer hold a paintbrush. Or Homer Avila, a dancer who continued to perform and choreograph after losing his leg to cancer. Or photographer John Dugdale, who says that his "style has changed" from his early work, before his blindness. "My photographic vision is clearer now." These and many others inspire me, and remind me that no obstacle in life or in art is truly insurmountable. Brendan McCall Visiting Assistant Professor Bilkent University, Turkey Founding Artistic Director Ensemble Free Theater Norway Thank you for posting this, Dylan. Chuck Close is one of my favorite visual artists, and I find his unwavering commitment to creating his work despite physical barriers utterly inspiring. Your post reminded me of Henri Matisse, who also need to invent a different approach later in life, when his hands were so arthritic he could no longer hold a paintbrush. Or Homer Avila, a dancer who continued to perform and choreograph after losing his leg to cancer. Or photographer John Dugdale, who says that his “style has changed” from his early work, before his blindness. “My photographic vision is clearer now.” These and many others inspire me, and remind me that no obstacle in life or in art is truly insurmountable.

Brendan McCall
Visiting Assistant Professor
Bilkent University, Turkey
Founding Artistic Director
Ensemble Free Theater Norway

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