{"id":16957,"date":"2024-07-30T16:47:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T20:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=16957"},"modified":"2024-07-30T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T20:47:20","slug":"episode-598-anita-kunz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-598-anita-kunz","title":{"rendered":"Episode 598 – Anita Kunz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 598:
\nAnita Kunz<\/a><\/p>\n

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“It’s a whole different experience from making the paintings to see everything on a wall. That’s the only way to understand where you’ve been and where you’re going.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Artist & illustrator Anita Kunz<\/a> returns to the show to talk about how art saved her life, as we catch up on her fantastic books, ORIGINAL SISTERS<\/a> and STRIKING A POSE: A Handy Guide to the Male Nude<\/a> (Pantheon and Fantagraphics, respectively). We talk about Anita’s passion for figure drawing, how disconcerted some male viewers were by Striking A Pose<\/em>, the difference between drawing women and men and all the tension and dynamics that go into making art from each gender, and why Winston Churchill’s granddaughter was none-too-pleased by his appearance in her book. We get into how her 2020 lockdown project of painting one portrait of a badass woman every day evolved into her Original Sisters<\/a> series, how it feels to be closing in on 500 portraits (!), and how she keeps finding more badass women to paint. We also discuss her transition from an acclaimed illustration career into big art projects, how Barbara Nessim<\/a> helped her find a gallery<\/a> (and how she had to get over her fear of gallery owners), the book of parables & fables she’s making, how it feels to see her Original Sisters<\/em> in museum exhibitions (and how much she’s looking forward to their big show at the Norman Rockwell Museum<\/a>), the burden of having to be A Nice Girl In A Small Town growing up, how she makes great art while being racked with self-doubt, the importance of mentors and art-friends, and a lot<\/em> more. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go get ORIGINAL SISTERS<\/a> and STRIKING A POSE<\/a>!<\/p>\n

(And go listen to our 2021 conversation<\/a>!)<\/em><\/p>\n

“Because I wasn’t allowed to speak, I put it into my art.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n