How a contemporary painter reinterprets the chaos of Hell
In short: In this episode of The Artist Project, American painter Walton Ford responds to a masterpiece in The Met's collection, exploring the creative freedom found within the depiction of the afterlife.
Walton Ford, an American painter and printmaker born in 1960, examines Jan van Eyck and his workshop’s "The Last Judgment." Ford reflects on the idea that the depiction of Hell allows an artist to break traditional rules.
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