"Queen of the Quinns" at The Cornell Art Museum

"Queen of the Quinns" 2015

I am thrilled to announce my portrait of Joan Agajanian Quinn will be included in a group show "Who is Joan Quinn? A Life in Portraits" at the Cornell Art Museum in Delray Beach, Florida September 15, 2016 thru January 15, 2017. You can explore the creation of this image in my previous blog posts "Constructing the Queen of the Quinns" and "Capturing the Queen of the Quinns".

If you are in Delray Beach, be sure to check it out!

Julie Green
September 3, 2016

From Old School Square web page:

Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square presents an exhibition that brings together world-renowned, contemporary, American artists who, over five decades, have created portraits of art patron and collector, Joan Agajanian Quinn.

The exhibition includes over 50 portraits, from a collection of approximately 300, realized in all mediums by artists that Quinn has believed in and supported.  The exhibition explores the relationship between artist and subject and is a rare but fascinating look into the creative process of some of the world’s greatest American artists. Included are works by such renowned artists as Peter Alexander, Charles Arnoldi, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Michael Chearney, Patrick Demarchelier, Laddie John Dill, Shepard Fairey, Claire Falkenstein, Sophia Gasparian, Frank Gehry, Chris Hartunian, David Hockney, George Hurrell, Robert Mapplethorpe, Kim McCarty, Ed Moses, Mel Ramos, Ed Ruscha, and Beatrice Wood.  Also included is the famous Polaroid of Quinn by Andy Warhol transformed into a painting by Warhol’s assistant Rupert Smith.

Joan Agajanian Quinn is probably the most photographed, painted and sculpted persona in the history of Southern California contemporary art, if not America. More than 300 portraits in every conceivable media created over the course of decades have sought to capture the indomitable spirit that is Joan Quinn.

Quinn is known for her years of art and fashion journalism, show-curating for magazines and galleries around the world, and for her long-running television show The Joan Quinn Profiles. She became a household name in the art world through her stint as West Coast correspondent for Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine during the 1980’s.  In an interview with Studio of Style Quinn explained, “Though I’ve played the role of a temporary muse, I consider myself as merely the subject matter, and I’ve always been fascinated to see how these incredible artists interpret what they see in me… and it’s not an ego-driven fascination. In fact, I want to see the hand of the artist in their pieces — not my own visage. Therein lies the difference.”