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    John MacConnell and His Friends Pose for Each Other (Art)

    Christopher Harrity

    Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
    Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
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    John MacConnell's drawing of Kyle Krieger on left, Kyle's drawing of John on right. Read more about the book below.

    (See Kyle Krieger on Instagram.)

    Draw You Draw Me is a project between friends. John MacConnell invited 24 friends, peers, muses, and mentors to sit for him for a portrait, and then asked them to do a portrait of him.

    Contributors: Javier Ameijeiras, Mark Beard, Manuel Betancourt, Adam Chuck, Logan Fletcher, Josh D Green, Danny Jones, Zachary Koval, Kyle Krieger, Kelsey Louie, Paul McGill, Jeff Miller, Phillip M Miner, Chuck Nitzberg, Angus O'Brien, Da Ping Luo, Menelik Puryear, Kevin William Read, Kim David Smith, Joe Sulsenti, George Towne, Matthew Williams, and Tomasz Zukowski. With introductions by Manuel Betancourt and Phillip M Miner

    John says, "Drawing a live portrait one-on-one is an experience that connects artist and subject. During a session, I learn a lot about my sitter. They tell me their backstory, their interests, what's going on in their lives, and more. I finish a session knowing them visually and socially. I believe the experience of sitting for an artist is one that really opens people up -- if they're trusting me to capture their likeness, they trust me with their personal stories. The connection is one of my favorite parts of doing portraits."

    See more of John's work here: "ART: The Live Nude Male"

    John MacConnell is a New York City-based portrait and figurative artist. His work focuses on people's interaction with contemporary life, culture, and community. John has his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and has studied at the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam. He formerly taught at Long Island University. He has exhibited in solo and group shows in New York City and internationally.

    Draw You Draw Me by John MacConnell, Hardcover
    Limited Edition of 700 signed + numbered ($55)
    Special Edition of 50 with slipcase, signed + numbered ($220) 8.75 x 11 inches
    112 pages, 52 color images
    Available July 2018

    See more of John's work on his website and Instagram.

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