I’ve been wondering lately. Many painters in the past have collaborated on the making of a single work of art. The AGO owns a 17th century Flemish picture in which the figures were painted by one artist and the still life by another. Each artist drew on his individual strengths. But the traditional notion of the creative genius working alone – Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel or van Gogh in the fields of
Provence – seems to predominate. The AGO has now received over 1000 portrait submissions for the In Your Face project. A surprising number result from a family or group of friends or workmates getting together not just to draw or paint one another, but to be stimulated by the creativity of others. Maybe this communal creativity is also about socializing and just having fun. I think I create better in a group. Do you?
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