Alina Cohen
Appearances
Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien
Just Say Yes
She was painting before she started volunteering at the Jefferson Place Gallery, for sure, but I think that her volunteering there and meeting Nolan really catalyzed a change in her work. And after that, she started painting much more seriously, thinking about art in new terms and devoting herself to her studio in a new way.
Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien
Just Say Yes
Kenneth Nolan didn't take her paintings seriously. There were inequities built into the relationship from him. She probably did learn really important ideas about art and what critics were discussing at the time, but I'm not sure she ever progressed in his mind more than a muse for his work.
Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien
Just Say Yes
I did start to look into her story more, and I was so intrigued.
Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien
Just Say Yes
There's this circle divided into four quadrants. The circle's not quite touching the edges of the painting.
Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien
Just Say Yes
When you start to look at the painting a little more, the two darker colors, the brown and the green, seem to be connected, and the blue and the purple seem to be connected, and they're kind of popping out and receding the more you look at it.