Английская Википедия:Geoffrey Raymond
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Geoffrey Raymond (born Шаблон:Date)Шаблон:Refn is an American painter. He is best known for painting embattled Wall Street CEOs,Шаблон:Refn then exhibiting them in a public place and inviting pedestrians who pass by to annotate his work with Sharpies.Шаблон:Refn His painting style is described as a Jackson Pollock/Chuck Close fusion.Шаблон:Refn Because of the physical incorporation of public commentary on the face of his works, his Wall Street series expands the notion of traditional portraiture and becomes both painted depictions and historical documentation of the 2008 financial crisis and beyond.Шаблон:Refn
Raymond was born in New York City and grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. He attended college at the University of Virginia, where he studied both art and medieval English, receiving a Bachelor's degree in English in 1976.Шаблон:Citation needed
He first started painting Wall Street figures in 2006 when he painted a portrait of New York Stock Exchange CEO Richard Grasso during the NYSE compensation controversy.Шаблон:Refn
The first time he encouraged public annotation was in 2007, when he painted a portrait of News Corporation CEO Rupert MurdochШаблон:Refn and exhibited it in front of the Dow Jones headquarters downtown. Since then, he has painted a wide range of subjects, including former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer,Шаблон:Refn former Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne,Шаблон:Refn former Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld,Шаблон:Refn former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg,Шаблон:Refn Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke,Шаблон:Refn former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson,Шаблон:Refn and others. In 2011 he exhibited a second portrait of Murdoch and displayed it for comment outside News Corp headquarters in Midtown Manhattan New York.Шаблон:Refn
Raymond currently resides in Troy, NY and New York City.
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