Art Talk an intimate conversation with: Alistair Monroe & Joanne Stuhr

Join us as we sit down with Alistair Monroe the son of Arthur Monroe & Joanne Stuhr and take a deep dive into Monroe’s works. Monroe's works reflect his participation in several of the major cultural movements of the twentieth century.

Born in the Bedford Stuyvesant District of Brooklyn, New York in 1935 he was steeped in the NY School of Abstract Expressionism, studying with Hans Hoffman, rubbing shoulders with Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline,and hanging out at the Cedar Bar. Following his service in the Korean War in the 1950s, Monroe moved to California’s Bay Area entering the heart of the Jazz and Beat scene of writers, musicians, poets, and painters. Lawrence Ferlinghetti gave him his first one-person show at City Lights Bookstore in North Beach.

Monroe’s paintings express new and personal visual truths. Working directly on the canvas without preliminary sketches or premeditation, his paintings reflect what was on his mind. His initial concepts were transmuted into visual images, symbolic representations of inner truths.

He remained committed to those roots, which continually provided him with a means of expression in his search for personal

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