I don't know anything about her and I've never seen Girls but I just found her paintings online and noticed how they're all overwhelming influenced by the art of Alice Neel. I guess as a major fan of Neel I'm a little defensive; I found her work incredibly dull with none of the color or individuality of the real Neel. Those paintings shouldn't be selling for $8,000.
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sharehere's her website: http://www.jkirke.com/
she even signs her paintings in the exact same way as Neel. Am I allowed to be annoyed?
Are you an artist? Just wondering...
Not an artist anymore but I am an art history student. I've loved Alice Neel for years, she's one of my favorite painters and I've written about her before. I guess I was upset that someone else was using her personal style because I feel like Neel lived a very hard life and spent decades developing her technique which is what makes her paintings so powerful. Someone else copying her work doesn't get that.
shareI didn't know that she painted. Just checked her work and I completely agree with you. A very very pale copy of Neel.
Wow. They are ridiculously similar. I guess that's what happens when rich kids go to art school?
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