About this episode
Cy Gavin discusses his unconventional upbringing and the creative process in a live conversation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Cy Gavin is a painter whose work resists easy categorization, moving between figuration and abstraction, landscape and memory, and exploring perception through material, atmosphere, and inquiry. In this live conversation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he joins to discuss his unconventional upbringing, his shift away from drawing, and what it means to embrace uncertainty in the creative process.
People in this episode
Guest: Cy Gavin
Topics covered
- painting
- creativity
- uncertainty
- artistic process
- figuration
- abstraction
Keywords
- Cy Gavin
- painting
- art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- creativity
- uncertainty
- figuration
- abstraction
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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