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Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Realism, Social Justice, and Telling the Truth: An Interview with Artist, Max Ginsburg

Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Antrese Wood

Education, Arts, Visual Arts, Self-improvement

4.8941 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

When was the last time you saw a painting that really challenged you? How do you typically react to paintings that portray suffering or difficult political topic? I am grateful for the opportunity I had for a long-ranging conversation with the artist, Max Ginsburg. Max is a native New Yorker, many of his paintings center on people and places around New York City. Max also draws on themes of peace and justice; deep outrage to war, injustice, and torture as they are conveyed in some of h...

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0:00.0

Hey there it's Antrice and welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter

0:07.6

podcast. Every other Thursday I bring you conversations with artists and

0:12.0

tips to help you on the easel and in the studio.

0:15.7

If you want to take your practice to the next level, check out the new webinar tutorial series at savvy painter.com.

0:22.8

Coming up in June, I'll be adding more

0:25.4

and I will be teaching tutorials on color mixing and materials.

0:30.4

When I teach webinar tutorials, they are free for Gross Studio essential members.

0:35.0

Gross Studio is an ongoing paid membership program where we put into practice and go deeper into painting techniques,

0:42.0

artist mindset, and maintaining a thriving studio practice.

0:47.8

More of what you get on the podcast and more access to me.

0:52.0

It's been a while since I've opened Growth Studio up for enrollment and

0:55.6

next week I'm opening the doors again. Growth Studio is the only place you get

1:01.4

continual direct access to me in our monthly office hours

1:05.5

and private critique sessions. It's a fabulous community of hardworking artists so I

1:11.1

hope you'll join us. This week on the podcast I am delighted to share a conversation

1:15.8

with Max Ginsburg. Max Ginsburg has won numerous awards for his paintings of contemporary issues and social justice.

1:24.0

He believes realism is truth and truth is beauty.

1:28.0

In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk about the influence his father Abraham Ginsburg had on his ideals and his painting.

1:36.0

Max shares how his passion for justice has informed his painting and career.

1:40.0

And just a quick note about this conversation Max and I spoke at the end of 2019.

1:45.0

That was before the COVID-19 crisis.

1:48.0

Kind of wonder if we're all going to just start to referring to that as the before times, but we had no idea what

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