Portrait of an Art Colony
Raymond Elman, Self-Portrait. Photo: Joel Meyerowitz. Norma Holt. Photo: Jane Paradise.
In the summer of 2016, the Provincetown Art Association & Museum (PAAM) exhibited a group of portraits by Raymond Elman and Norma Holt, curated by Ethan Cohen and Jane Paradise.
In the accompanying catalog, Cohen wrote, ” For decades Elman and Holt recorded the intellectual and cultural life of our unique art colony at the tip of Cape Cod by making portraits of the creative talent that embraces the special nature of this seaside community.”
During the run of the exhibition (from June 17 to August 7), Elman recorded video remembrances / reflections of people in the portraits by people with close connections to those portrayed.
The videos below run between 2-12 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.
DAN RICHTER REMEMBERS MISCHA RICHTER (1910 — 2001): 3:27 min.
CHERIE MITTENTHAL REMEMBERS JOYCE JOHNSON (1929 — 2014): 2:01 min.
CHRIS BUSA REFLECTS ON SEBASTTIAN JUNGER (b.1965): 8:05 min.
CHRIS BUSA REMEMBERS PETER BUSA (1914 — 1985): 8:03 min.
GRACE HOPKINS REMEMBERS BUDD HOPKINS (1931 — 2011): 4:13 min.
TERRY KAHN REMEMBERS JACK KAHN (1916 — 1996)
AND PALMER WILLIAMS (1916 — 1994): 11:47 min.
CHRIS McCARTHY REFLECTS ON ROBERT HENRY (b.1933): 3:18 min.
VALERIE FALK REMEMBERS LEE FALK (1911 — 1999): 6:08 min.
FRANCIS OLSCHAFSKIE REFLECTS ON RAY ELMAN (b. 1945): 9:04 min.
JANE PARADISE REMEMBERS NORMA HOLT (1919 — 2013): 4:27 min.
MARK HAMMER REFLECTS ON LEE ELMAN (b. 1949): 3:42 min.
LISE MOTHERWELL REMEMBERS ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915 — 1991): 7:17 min.
DAWN ZIMILES REFLECTS ON MURRAY ZIMILES: 2:54 min.
DAWN ZIMILES REMEMBERS BORIS MARGO (1902 — 1995): 2:37 min.
RAYMOND ELMAN REMEMBERS DOUGLAS HUEBLER (1924 — 1997): 3:25 min.
ANNA POOR REMEMBERS SIDNEY SIMON (1917 — 1997): 2:40 min.
ANNA POOR REMEMBERS RAPHAEL SOYER: 1:50 min.
BETTY GAUDREAU REMEMBERS CIRO COZZI: 7:29 min.
PETER ALSON REMEMBERS NORMAN MAILER: 2:45 min.
LEE ELMAN REFLECTS ON EVAN ELMAN (b. 1989): 3:48 min.
RAYMOND ELMAN REMEMBERS (b. 1945): 7:48 min.
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