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  1. Paintings. As his musical career flourished, Mellencamp began to paint earnestly in the 1980s with an early affinity for portraiture influenced by the works of Otto Dix and Max Beckmann. His kinship with the German Expressionism of the early Twentieth century, with its existential focus on the human condition, serves as the foundation for the ...

  2. Oct 31, 2022 · One afternoon, Dylan, who also paints, visited Mellencamp in his art studio and asked him what he planned to do with all the paintings. "I said, 'I don’t know,'" he recalled in a 2015 interview ...

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  3. Nov 15, 2022 · New York Academy of Art. 111 Franklin Street, NYC 10013. 212-966-0300. For inquiries please contact. exhibitions@nyaa.edu. Press Release. Paintings and Assemblages by John Mellencamp. curated by Academy senior critic Dexter Wimberly. As his musical career flourished, John Mellencamp began to paint earnestly in 1980 with an early affinity for ...

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  4. Dec 27, 2013 · For Mellencamp, who began his painting career by training with the Art Students League in New York in the late 1980s, inspiration is ubiquitous, and his pieces range from the brazenly political to ...

  5. Apr 17, 2024 · It’s like a little reminder to Mellencamp – and perhaps anyone who sees the artwork – to always keep pushing. “I don’t really paint for any other reason other than myself,” he said. “I paint pretty rough paintings, I try to keep them raw and primitive. They’re like my songs: grotesquely beautiful.”. His melancholic characters ...

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