Studio Visit with Wolf Kahn: Two Videos from New Art TV

By

Mitchell Albala

– Posted on August 21, 2011Posted in: FEATURED ARTISTS, VIDEO LESSONS

"Order in Disorder" 2010, oil on canvas, 52.5 x 66 inches

I recently discovered New Art TV, a media and production company based in New York City with a focus on producing premium video content on contemporary art. Among their most viewed videos is a two-part studio visit with Wolf Kahn. I found these 18 minutes of video to be very inspiring. It features an excellent glimpse of his studio, many of his paintings, stories about his days as a young artist in the 50′s, and (of greatest interest to me) his desire to get away from “intentionality” and “deliberateness.” I’ll let the video speak for itself … I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Can’t watch the video from here? Watch it at New Art TV

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Can’t watch the video from here? Watch it at New Art TV

About Mitchell Albala

Mitchell Albala is the author of Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice (Watson-Guptill, 2009). A respected teaching artist for more than 25 years, he currently teaches at Gage Academy of Art and Pacific Northwest Art School. He has also lectured at the Seattle Art Museum and written for American Artist and Artists & Illustrators magazines. He is represented by Lisa Harris Gallery. See his paintings at mitchalbala.com. 

6 Comments

1. Cecile Lam

   Posted August 22, 2011 at 6:43 AM

   Thanks for making these accessible, Mitch. I am a great admirer of his work and really enjoyed the videos.

2. Wendy DeHart

   Posted August 22, 2011 at 2:06 PM

   Thank you so much for sharing these remarkable videos. What a great story which demonstrates once again that lemons can be made into lemonade! I wish there were more to be seen!

3. Audrey

   Posted August 23, 2011 at 3:05 AM

   Thanks Mitch. Very inspiring, spiritual. What a thing to strive for, loss of intentionality and deliberateness. I have new respect for Kahn.

4. Gerry Conley

   Posted August 28, 2011 at 7:08 PM

   Very interesting to hear him at age 80 discuss his career and his evolution in style and objectives. The intentionality statement and success in spite of macular degeneration are quite interesting.

5. Tania Arthur

   Posted August 30, 2011 at 10:46 PM

   Thanks so much for posting these videos Mitch, I thoroughly enjoyed them. Very inspiring and very enriching, what a remarkable man and artist.

6. carolyn

   Posted November 13, 2011 at 1:02 PM

   I really enjoyed these videos. What a wonderful, talented, articulate man.