Episode 73: Ellen Altfest: "The Back"

from Women at the Helm · host Bernadine Franco

The painter Ellen Altfest engulfs her canvases with hyperreal, cropped intimate objects, a house plant and the male, nude figure. We will be taking a close look at her work, "The Back."Go to my website at www.beyondthepaint.net to see all the images discussed. Resources for this episode include the Saatchi Gallery (www.saatchigallery.com) Metropolitan Museum of Art (www.metmuseum.org), writer Jennifer Higgie, and the art historian, Dr. Robert Atkins.

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