Aging is a process by which an artwork, typically a painting or sculpture, is made to appear old. It is meant to emulate the natural deterioration that can occur over many decades or centuries. Although there may be "innocent" reasons for it, ageing is a …

2015年4月24日 · From series of confrontational nude self-portraits to a photographic documentation of aging drag queens, the following images capture the many particular joys, pains, fears and thrills of the aging process. As Betty Friedan famously said: "Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength."

2020年5月12日 · But should the trend should be seen as a triumph when compared with the more morbid alternative? Here are some positive aspects of age, as explored in art, whether that be in its production, aesthetics, self-valuation or activity. Ryan Mosley, Lost Mountaineer, 2019. © Ryan Mosley. Courtesy Eigen+Art, Berlin Ryan Moseley

2018年12月19日 · Wikipedia lists an astounding 127 names of visual artists worldwide that produced work up to the age 100 or beyond. These eight inspirational artists have found the motivation to create, every day, year after year, into their eighth decade or further, and are still inventing new ways to see the world.

In the late 20th century, Ivan Albright (1897–1983) labored over his gnarled, knobby, time-battered, ultra-real riffs on Old Master paintings, so much so that his subjects appear as petrified substances, witchy and indelible. Now they are a staple of modern art-history surveys.

2024年6月13日 · The self-taught artist takes a unique and thoroughly modern approach to this age-old tradition by creating paintings that contain dual images; they transform as you move from one side of the piece to the other.

Art Against Ageism exists not only to identify and amplify actions that tackle damaging stereotypes about age and aging in creative ways, but also to help others create their own campaigns that seek to raise awareness of, and dismantle, ageism.

2014年11月18日 · Old people can appear in portraits, history paintings, allegories, or any other genres; the aged male body is a distinguishing mark of patri-archs, prophets, hermits, or scholars in Biblical scenes, or it might denote wise philosophers of antiquity.

2023年12月1日 · In current Australian feminist art, ageing is addressed with playfulness and humour to foment solidarity while asserting a kind of insouciant visibility. Sally Rees’ Crone (2020–2021) is a series of video portraits of older women from the artist’s social network.

Old Age in Art shows how elders have been depicted from ancient Greece and Rome to the present century. The book explores portraits, including self-portraits, and stories of older figures in religion, myth, and history, focusing on the theme of wisdom versus folly.