(updated) YouTube video of the NYU Tisch webinar panel discussion from November 30th, 2021 on the art and life of Walter Murch
An excellent Zoom Webinar with A panel talk with George Lucas, Walter Scott Murch, Judy Collischan, Robert Storr, and Winslow Myers — Moderated by Brane Živkovićon
More information, images and more at the waltertandymurch.com/
From the website
Walter Tandy Murch (1907–1967) is best known for his enigmatic, dreamlike still-life paintings of everyday objects and mechanical devices in a style that falls between Magic Realist, Surrealist, and Realist. This volume offers the most comprehensive collection of his work, including paintings exhibited at the Betty Parsons Gallery, monochrome works on paper, and Murch’s striking commissioned work for the covers of Scientific American, Fortune Magazine, and other commercial assignments.
George Lucas describes Murch’s work as simultaneously “functional and dreamy, simple and complicated; they are quiet yet grab your attention.” The tension of these opposing reactions draws viewers into Murch’s still lifes, which caught the attention of famed art dealer Betty Parsons, who also represented artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly, and Agnes Martin. Murch showed his work at Parsons’s gallery for nearly thirty years.
Painting Perceptions was started in 2009 by Larry Groff to promote the ideas, practice and experience of painters working from observation in a modernist vein from around the world through interviews, essays, videos and community. It later evolved to include imagination-based and abstract painting as well.
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