The Woo Woo in Art: Marshall Arisman at TEDxChelsea

Marshall Arisman's talk "The Woo Woo in Art - Living through Spiritualism, Deer Hunting and Violence in America" at the TEDxChelsea conference, held June 1, 2012 at the School of Visual Arts. The conference theme was "The true value of art is seldom what someone is willing to pay for it." For more information or to apply for 2013, please go to TEDxChelsea.org.
Marshall Arisman is an illustrator, painter, educator and storyteller. His graphic commentaries / illustrations have appeared on the covers of Time, U.S. News and World Report, The Nation, The Progressive and The New York Times Book Review. His editorial work has appeared in every national publication including Esquire, Rolling Stone, Playboy, The New York Times Op-Ed page, The Village Voice and Business Week. His paintings and prints are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, the New York Historical Society and the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, the Guang Dong Museum of Art and Telfair Museum of Art, as well as many private and corporate collections. He is the Chairman of the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program at the School of Visual Arts that he founded in 1984. He has been a faculty member of the School of Visual Arts for 48 years. marshallrisman.com / marshallarismanbooks.com
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[@gregfollender4978]

Was privileged to study with this man when he headed the MFA Illustration program at SVA in the early 90's... he changed the way i saw the world around me as well where I saw myself as an artist within it. I count myself as lucky to have known him... and even more grateful to have been able to learn from him. I miss him already... the man who taught me to see aura around everyone.

[@claramartins6727]

He has a fantastic way of understanding his world and the problematic world that belongs to us all. Life experience is king.

[@janelleshaug]

As always, thought provoking and inspiring. Thank you, Marshall.

[@lxcm6514]

enjoyed this a lot. I just wanna sit down and have a drink with him he seems so cool and knowledgeable

[@richspizzaparty]

One of the greatest to ever do it.

[@lnbartstudio2713]

Brilliant! Art should always be: "That was an amazing shot. AND Why did you kill that thing?" Rembrandt's Carcass of Beef has it. Zen master Dogen (13th C. ) said it well enough: "It is too late to be ready."

[@keeperofthecheese]

cool stories, I enjoyed that. This is exactly why I like art and artists.

[@johnc5258]

never saw such a humble artist on screen. must be into his Buddhist Zen. Just too un-Western. I like him

[@facebyfront]

Love this man and what he says! :)

[@w4r7]

such a cool cat

[@timothylee6859]

Popart point is to blur the line between fine

[@janetteohare9083]

Very knowlagabel although I'm not a fan of very dark paintings you can see the talent, I didn't care for him much at the beginning but that changed as he progressed,, definately his brother is not someone on my "to meet for coffee list".

[@karenmccants1439]

Wow...his brother is...kind of...yeah.

[@brk932]

go to Germany ... not now ..NOW IS TOO MUCH