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January 19, 2012 |
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James McMullan on the grid I’m not sure there’s a greater significance to James McMullan’s use of grids, but I noticed them in sufficient number to start thinking about why they might have appealed to him. The grids impose order, but I’ve always thought of McMullan’s work as deceptively methodical. He often creates works based on staged photographs, and at first glance, the drawings can appear to be a wholly faithful representation. A close look, however, reveals something brooding and wistful, maybe dangerous. The grids add a sense of being confined and a longing for escape (intentional or not). » Read the complete article here Container List is the blog of the Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives, featuring weekly graphics and ephemera from the design archives at the School of Visual Arts. For this and other articles featuring the work of Mr. McMullan, visit the Container List at the Glaser Archives.
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In 2012, the U.S. Postal Service pays tribute to four influential choreographers who changed the art of dance: Isadora Duncan, José Limón, Katherine Dunham, and Bob Fosse. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamps using illustrations by James McMullan, widely known for his work for Lincoln Center Theater in New York City. » Read the entire article |
Aug 12, 2001 |
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"When the Play Is a Memory, His Image Lasts. James McMullan's posters capture the essence of complex New York shows."
By Hugh Hart [James McMullan]'s craftsmanship is on display through Sept. 23 at Art Center College of Design's Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery. "The Theater Posters of James McMullan" features 22 "three-sheet" posters, a term that originated at a time when three separate panels of paper were glued together to make each 3-by-7-foot poster. The show also offers more than 100 watercolors, pencil sketches, alternate versions and reference photographs of such actors as Donald Sutherland, Sam Waterston and James McDaniels, who have posed for his posters. » Read the entire article
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October 11, 1998 |
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"Condensing The Essence Of a Show Into a Poster"
By David Leopold In late-19th-century Paris, Alphonse Mucha created the lasting public image of Sarah Bernhardt in a series of iconic Art Nouveau posters that have come to symbolize the actress and her plays. In much the same way in late-20th-century New York, James McMullan's posters for Lincoln Center Theater have defined the sensibility of the institution and the essence of the works it presents, whether the effervescent musical "Anything Goes" in 1987 or the Edward Albee drama "A Delicate Balance" in 1996. » Read the entire article |
McMullan Designs to Honor Innovative Choreographers
