Nadia Daniels-Moehle
Imagination and Reality or Chromoluminarism: Inspired by Neo-Impressionism Acrylic on canvas In 1886, art critic Félix Fénéon coined the term Neo-Impressionism. The movement began with Georges Seurat’s painting “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.” Seurat used a painting technique called “divisionism” or “chromoluminarism”: instead of mixing colors, Seurat placed colorful dots next to each other…
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A Crusade of Children: Art and a Poem Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five Ink on paper Submitting to The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library’s (KVML) literary journal “So It Goes” has become a tradition: when I was sixteen, I received my first writing rejection from them, and it inspired me to keep writing and submitting. …
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Hope: Inspired by the Work of Abu Malik al-Shami Ink on paper On October 13, 2016, the BBC published an article about a Syrian student turned soldier turned artist. Abu Malik al-Shami was still a teenager when the war in Syria began. At the time of the article, Shami was only 22. Amid the devastation,…
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Memories of Beauty and Darkness: Inspired by Hygieia from Klimt’s “Medicine” and Mucha’s “Salomé” Watercolor, gouache, metallic paint on board In adolescence, the world shifts, and we reach out to catch bits of the world that filter through and are caught by our molting bodies. Within this altering space, Art Nouveau grounded me and inspired…
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Never looking, always watching: Inspired by The Guerrilla Girls’ Art Assignment “The Art of Complaining” Ink, graphite, and gouache on paper Art is a form of expression, just as it is a record keeper. Day 283 is inspired by gorilla masks that strengthen the art world, masks that question and challenge and inspire, masks that…
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Curious Window Eyes: Inspired by Beyte Saar’s “The Black Girl’s Window” Gouache on paper Betye Saar collects bits of the world, listens to the stories they tell, and shares those stories through her artwork. Her 1969 piece, “Black Girl’s Window,” caught my attention with its haunting certainty while I was taking the MOMA’s Coursera Modern…
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