Meg Boe Birns
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I am an artist, literature teacher, and literary critic. I teach literature at The New School and NYU and publish academic articles as Margaret Boe Birns, but I show as an artist under the name Meg Boe Birns. I have always thought I had a Literature Self and an Art Self, and the slight difference in name expresses that. My Art Self works with paint, canvas, papier-mâché, clay, wood, metal, and found objects to create pieces that do not subsume the materials within the content, but instead make the materials part of the subject matter. Whether abstract or figurative, my work will often integrate tactility into a design, but it is not the product of a conscious or intellectual plan; I believe I work within an intuitive context, as though the imagery springs directly from the unconscious in the manner of automatic writing.
Mais Oui, Dancez!, 2019
Artist – Meg Boe Birns
Medium – Acrylic on Canvas
Size – 12″ round
Price
$400.00
This is a picture I imagined of a young girl engaging in a casual, joyful dance. The title is inspired by an Edith Piaf song “Milord,” in which she shouts at one point “MAIS OUI, DANCEZ!” In the song, she is exuberantly encouraging a shy customer in her cabaret to let go and dance.
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