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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @taylorwhite-hg7ml
    @taylorwhite-hg7ml Рік тому +30

    This is what a REAL conversation sounds like

  • @hibiscusst523
    @hibiscusst523 Рік тому +16

    Great interview. She did a great job just having a conversation with Fran, which most don’t do.

  • @Maliceless100
    @Maliceless100 Рік тому +6

    Icon with icon. I love the algorithm for showing me this video.

  • @craigadams4143
    @craigadams4143 Рік тому +21

    I came to this because of Fran but now I'm intrigued to know more about Alice Neel. Thanks to whomever but this out into UA-cam Land🎉

  • @LibbyRal
    @LibbyRal Рік тому +7

    OMG - I LOVE the way the paintings are given so much space.

  • @angelatuck3673
    @angelatuck3673 Рік тому +41

    Please don't stop talking Fran. And especially about Art.

  • @nickbarcheck1019
    @nickbarcheck1019 Рік тому +10

    I adore Fran Lebowitz.

  • @balinsky214
    @balinsky214 Рік тому +8

    i really enjoyed the time I spent listening to these two people - thanks

  • @julierawlins5984
    @julierawlins5984 Рік тому +34

    Clearly no love lost for Warhol. I love love Ms. Lebowitz. She zeros right into people like a laser beam and calls them out.

  • @francoisdischinger1872
    @francoisdischinger1872 11 місяців тому +4

    bravo aren't we lucky to have Fran even though we thought we knew it all she comes along and....boom

  • @lampkinmedia
    @lampkinmedia 10 місяців тому +3

    Fran is amazeing. I can listen to her talk for hours. She always has an interesting take on many topics. This is a really good interview. It reminds me of life growing up in NYC in the 60's.

  • @hereforit2347
    @hereforit2347 Рік тому +7

    The 2007 Alice Neel documentary is a must watch.

  • @juliemullen365
    @juliemullen365 Рік тому +13

    More more why do these great things have to end could listen to Fran for evermore ❤

  • @hayleyanna2625
    @hayleyanna2625 Рік тому +64

    Thank you. I adore Alice Neal. Wonderful interview. Fran is fabulous. ❤️

  • @carolynmullet1726
    @carolynmullet1726 5 місяців тому +1

    This conversation is even better the second time around.

  • @elainefell7943
    @elainefell7943 Рік тому +30

    'People are the most important thing' - Thank you so much for uploading this. What a treat to listen to these women and to see some of these paintings.

  • @sulltk1447
    @sulltk1447 Рік тому +3

    This made my day go from grey to inspired, thank you!

  • @cpmrealty
    @cpmrealty Рік тому +3

    Thank you for the class on Alice Neal...and as always - Fran is Fran, I admire her way of thinking.

  • @JLevant1
    @JLevant1 Рік тому +3

    Lebowitz is in my generation. I've followed her career and bought her very enlightening and entertaining books (the original publications). Fran doesn't write nearly enough. But I'm sure, she'd say, "I just don't care." in response; or maybe not. Fran Lebowitz is a true artist. Thanks.

  • @sanjulienne
    @sanjulienne Рік тому +17

    A terrific interview, contemplative and probing, Fran is always fascinating.

  • @ritaroad
    @ritaroad Рік тому +4

    I can watch episodes of Pretend It’s A City every day.

  • @hughwarren4787
    @hughwarren4787 4 місяці тому

    I love the conversation taking place. Not like an interview at all. Both the interviewer and interviewee are amazing. Nice flow. #franlebowitz #helenmolesworth

  • @gol622
    @gol622 Рік тому +15

    Really great interview thank you both

  • @janettucker3196
    @janettucker3196 Рік тому +14

    My grandparents lived in an apartment building in the Bronx back in the 1950's-60's. The lobby was painted a dark tobacco with royal blue mirrors. It had a strange art deco atmosphere. The elevated train blasted right by their windows, and I sort of loved it--not al all like suburban New Jersey.

  • @Alindber1
    @Alindber1 Рік тому +8

    I love this conversation more than I can say. Thank you Fran.

  • @annrubino6252
    @annrubino6252 Рік тому +25

    My innards are buzzing from this talk. The most fascinating, honest discussion about an artist I have ever heard! Thank you both so much. Always love listening to you, Fran but one little thing is niggling me. Do you really feel that these paintings could not have been done in any other environment than NYC? As a Canadian, I identify strongly with her work. As a painter, I marvel at her uninhibited rendering of the life she witnessed. Without knowing her, I know her.

    • @diogesesmore9874
      @diogesesmore9874 Рік тому +3

      Excellent question. All of those amazing Canadian Painters

    • @nem0763
      @nem0763 Рік тому +2

      I agree. I must say I love Fran for how devoutly she loves NYC (I've never been there, and I'm Canadian too 👋). For me, it's great that in a flattened, globalized world, someone as singular and enduring as Fran can be so tightly focused on a place. I think it sometimes makes her conflate an essential NYC-ness with other things she loves and responds to. It's her instant go-to. I don't think it's as simple as making her another solipsistic New Yorker, more like it's a healthy culturally conservative instinct and she's a major cultural fixture. It makes her more interesting in the long run, but you just have to take some of her opinions with a grain of salt.

  • @barrysimon5877
    @barrysimon5877 Рік тому +15

    Great interview and Helen you are stellar in all your presentations.

  • @HlifeRomania91
    @HlifeRomania91 Рік тому +2

    Just lovely thank you❤

  • @zalanahara270
    @zalanahara270 9 місяців тому

    I absolutely love this conversation. ❤love Fran

  • @naomicohn6704
    @naomicohn6704 Рік тому +3

    What a fabulous conversation

  • @elizabethcommandeur4093
    @elizabethcommandeur4093 Рік тому +22

    Absolutely fabulous interview. These two together have such great conversation chemistry. Very insightful and inspiring. ❤

  • @kage122
    @kage122 Рік тому +3

    wow. loved this. so glad i stumbled upon it at this point. thank you!

  • @chrisbrown8327
    @chrisbrown8327 Рік тому +4

    I think an artist like Alice finds painting a subject is her private way of creating an intimacy. When I have painted a family member, especially one who is no longer alive, I almost feel like they’re with me and that I’m taking care of and getting to know them more deeply. I bet she felt that too.

  • @priestessbrenda
    @priestessbrenda 6 місяців тому

    What an amazing conversation! Thank you for this.

  • @trivialnonsense
    @trivialnonsense Рік тому +1

    fantastic conversation.

  • @christopherlabas7724
    @christopherlabas7724 Рік тому +3

    THank you for this!!

  • @LornaKleidman1
    @LornaKleidman1 Рік тому +2

    Love her wit!

  • @joannemolodowitz3051
    @joannemolodowitz3051 Рік тому +2

    Fran's style is the opposite of alice Neel's and yet thew come together. Bravo for Both....

  • @anneturner2759
    @anneturner2759 Рік тому +3

    Terrific, thank you both.

  • @DemocracyofLight
    @DemocracyofLight Рік тому +13

    Magical interview, thank you. ❤ The only visual art experience I’ve ever had being brought to tears was standing in front of an Alice Neel painting.

  • @paulkolyer6403
    @paulkolyer6403 Рік тому +3

    Amazing! Thank you!

  • @lmacdonald1281
    @lmacdonald1281 Рік тому +4

    Wonderful insight

  • @FrenchLib
    @FrenchLib Рік тому +4

    What an amazing video on every level! Thank you!

  • @jackiwannapaint
    @jackiwannapaint Рік тому +3

    an amazing painter and a great influence on me when I started to paint.

  • @kristinl9583
    @kristinl9583 Рік тому +3

    Loved this so much ❤

  • @samanthamiller7267
    @samanthamiller7267 Рік тому +4

    beautiful minds

  • @pamm8608
    @pamm8608 9 місяців тому

    Hey Fran! Please do some more gallery interviews! Really different, and I love hearing your opinions on the art.

  • @jo8726t
    @jo8726t Рік тому +1

    Interesting talk!

  • @ricromrec
    @ricromrec Рік тому +4

    More conversations _real/good Art is so important…bravo

  • @annedebthune3084
    @annedebthune3084 Рік тому +8

    Public defender, just beautiful

  • @MisssAnthrope49
    @MisssAnthrope49 Рік тому +4

    Neel, on invitation to contribute a self portrait to a national American artists group show, presented the only nude. It is brilliant.

  • @richardbocanegra5945
    @richardbocanegra5945 2 місяці тому

    Interview aside .. oh my gosh, do I love the chairs they are sitting on.

  • @camilogomezkeep2324
    @camilogomezkeep2324 Рік тому +1

    LOVE THOSE CHAIRS!!! Wonder where I could get them...,

  • @MAYK1NG
    @MAYK1NG Рік тому +3

    I always agree with Leibowitz - just almost, always.

  • @jamesallison4875
    @jamesallison4875 Рік тому +3

    Last comment was perfect.

  • @mdhh7859
    @mdhh7859 Рік тому +2

    Excellent

  • @nitzaflantz
    @nitzaflantz Рік тому +1

    Thank you all so much

  • @Bruceneuman
    @Bruceneuman Рік тому

    Photography is obviously an art in the right hands. Two many great and lasting images out thereto argue otherwise. But, why argue? Just enjoy.

  • @robwarren4425
    @robwarren4425 Рік тому +8

    Fran is nyc

  • @maroosk
    @maroosk Рік тому +2

    Very neat. Id like a hundred more.

  • @robertsmith5744
    @robertsmith5744 Рік тому +2

    "Montecito makes Beverly Hills look like Detroit." . . . . Fran Lebowitz

  • @eileenvandernoot3867
    @eileenvandernoot3867 Рік тому +2

    I remember Candy Darling.

  • @ZadenZane
    @ZadenZane Рік тому +7

    Fran is a bit like Judge Judy without the attitude 🤪

  •  Рік тому +1

    20:00

  • @InTrePidG
    @InTrePidG Рік тому +1

    Who is “Who Jar?” 6:00 the portraitist? I cannot find him.

  • @carrisagrace1
    @carrisagrace1 Рік тому +1

    My mom also ALWAYS takes the quick covert pic at every single funeral . I snapped a ton of my sweet dog. I’m not sure why…

  • @MaureensWelt
    @MaureensWelt Рік тому +1

    right

  • @tyrosebush
    @tyrosebush Рік тому +4

    "right"

  • @thesimulation9651
    @thesimulation9651 Рік тому +2

    "nothing gives you a nice patina on your walls like cigarette smoke"

  • @marylbullock
    @marylbullock Рік тому +2

    I am assuming Fran's antipathy to photographing the deceased in their coffins comes from something in the Judeo-Christian ethic (not sure what, though). In Lithuania, where the pagan thrives just below the patina of Christianity -- they were the last people in Europe to be converted -- families photograph themselves standing around the deceased. It is a sign of respect and love, the final family moment, to be treasured, not denigrated. By the way I am a painter who doesn't care about money. I am with Fran on almost everything.

    • @robertcook2680
      @robertcook2680 Рік тому +2

      For context of my response to your comment: I am white and I grew up in the Episcopal church, (though I was never really connected to a sense of God and I later discarded any faint belief I had had). When my mother died in hospice 10 years ago, I took pictures of her body, some just of her, others with my brothers and sister-in-law in the pictures, and one or two taken by my sister-in-law of me in the picture of my mother's body. When I look at those pictures, I question myself as to whether it was an odd thing for me to do, but at the time, in the presence of my deceased mother, I couldn't have considered NOT taking pictures of her in death, the last pictures of her that would ever be made. We had her cremated, so just a few days after those pictures were taken, her body no longer existed, except as ashes. Those pictures stand as the last images of this person who had lived for 80 years and whose life had ended.

  • @tylerlately
    @tylerlately 3 місяці тому

    10:53 21:00

  • @aNnarybaTArtist-ju1xy
    @aNnarybaTArtist-ju1xy Рік тому +1

    I was enthralled until the point where Fran said [Alice Neel] was of no consequence (19:00 of 36;55 minutes in). I respect Fran L. but respectfully disagree.

    • @lucysweeney8347
      @lucysweeney8347 Рік тому +7

      I believe Fran said Alice Neel was consequential ..and heroic.

    • @chris.kaiser
      @chris.kaiser Рік тому +7

      At 19:00, Fran said, "She was incredibly consequential as an artist"

  • @dabeage
    @dabeage Рік тому +1

    I swan for those chairs. They are not only the perfect height, but NOT claustrophobic...

  • @gmon7223
    @gmon7223 Рік тому +2

    I don't agree that photography isn't art

  • @marymarysmarket3508
    @marymarysmarket3508 Рік тому +2

    They need larger chairs!

  • @diannedavis2010
    @diannedavis2010 Рік тому

    ‘You may not care. But there’s more than one person here.’
    But, wait a second.
    Doesn’t Fran, herself, regularly say “I don’t care?”

  • @MegaAtomium
    @MegaAtomium Рік тому

    Oh, hunny... I've taken photos of folks in coffins. It's fine.