Lauren Krasnoff on Painting Sports Fans and Collective Effervescence After the Knicks Win
Lauren Krasnoff, an artist based in the New York Metropolitan area, specializes in depicting sports audiences in her artwork. Her vibrant stadium crowd paintings, characterized by thick application of paint, draw inspiration from French Impressionists and David Hockney. Recently, she finished a residency at Project 14C in Jersey City and is set to begin her MFA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Fall 2025. In a conversation with Liam Otero for Art & Ponder, she reflects on her inaugural crowd painting, which was motivated by the retirement of two baseball players in 2022. Krasnoff painted en plein air at the US Open golf tournament and delves into the concept of "collective effervescence," coined by Émile Durkheim. She aspires to explore ceramics, printmaking, and glass.
Key facts
- Lauren Krasnoff is a contemporary painter focused on sports spectators.
- She is from the New York Metropolitan area.
- Krasnoff completed a residency at Project 14C in Jersey City, New Jersey.
- She will begin an MFA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Fall 2025.
- Her first crowd painting was inspired by the retirement of two baseball players in 2022.
- She attended the US Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills to paint en plein air.
- The term 'collective effervescence' was coined by Émile Durkheim in 1912.
- The New York Knicks won their first championship since 1973.
- Krasnoff cites influences including Pissarro, Manet, and Hockney.
- She plans to explore ceramics, printmaking, and glass in graduate school.
Entities
Artists
- Lauren Krasnoff
- David Hockney
- Camille Pissarro
- Édouard Manet
- Ernie Barnes
- George Bellows
- Noel W. Anderson
- Émile Durkheim
Institutions
- Project 14C
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Art & Ponder
- Harper's Chelsea
- New York Knicks
- St. Louis Cardinals
- Wisconsin Badgers
- US Women's Olympic hockey team
Locations
- New York Metropolitan area
- Jersey City
- New Jersey
- United States
- New York City
- Shinnecock Hills
- Wisconsin
- Madison
- Mississippi
- Chelsea