SVA Panel Revisits Brad Holland's Early New York Years and Influence
On September 17, a panel at the School of Visual Arts focused on the exhibition Brad Holland: Making It Personal, which was curated by Jonathan Twingley. Among the speakers were Stephanie Plunket, chief curator at the Norman Rockwell Museum, and Terry Brown, the director emeritus of the Society of Illustrators. Plunket recounted her initial encounter with Holland in 1967, following an advertisement she placed in The Village Voice. Holland, showcasing a substantial portfolio, soon landed a column with Playboy. His artistic repertoire spanned various styles, such as underground comics and caricature. In response to the 1971 Attica State Prison riot, he created a drawing that appeared in The New York Ace, marking a significant point in his stylistic development, which included his debut cover for Time magazine.
Key facts
- A panel discussion on Brad Holland took place at SVA on September 17.
- The panel addressed questions from the posthumous exhibition Brad Holland: Making It Personal, curated by Jonathan Twingley.
- Panelists included Stephanie Plunket of the Norman Rockwell Museum and Terry Brown of the Society of Illustrators.
- The author met Holland in 1967 after advertising in The Village Voice for his magazine Borrowed Time.
- Holland received a monthly Playboy column, the Ribald Classics, which funded his move from a Lower East Side tenement.
- Holland created a drawing in response to the 1971 Attica State Prison riot, published in The New York Ace and posted around New York City.
- For Mobster Times, Holland parodied Rembrandt's Syndics of the Drapers' Guild as a portrait of 20th-century criminals.
- Holland's first Time magazine cover earned him considerable acclaim.
Entities
Artists
- Brad Holland
- Jonathan Twingley
- Stephanie Plunket
- Terry Brown
- Albert Camus
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- R. Crumb
- Francesco Goya
- Rembrandt
- Adolf Hitler
- J. Edgar Hoover
Institutions
- School of Visual Arts
- Norman Rockwell Museum
- Society of Illustrators
- New York University
- Village Voice
- Playboy
- Borrowed Time
- The New York Review of Sex
- The New York Review of Sex and Politics
- East Village Other
- The New York Ace
- New York Times
- Time
- Screw
- Mobster Times
- National Lampoon
- PRINT Magazine
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Lower East Side
- Alphabet City
- Chicago
- Attica State Prison