Dana Ellyn

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Interviews & Articles

"Her art is fantastic, ranging from social and political commentary to... well, almost all of what's on her site has some sort of social and political commentary. What separates her art from some other politically motivated pieces is that her work is not completely straightforward. There is a lot to take in and it keeps my attention longer than I think it will." -Posting/review on DC Metroblogging

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"I tell stories, I document history, I express my reactions to the world through my paintings. Although not as readily accepted (as the decorative arts), I believe it holds an undeniably vital place in American culture." -Interview with Dana Ellyn from Black Cat Bone

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"She is a rather incredible artist whose vision and work is political, social and always meaningful. Her style is interesting in that the details are all meaningful. Nothing is there as decoration or as a purely aesthetic element. The subjects of Ellyn's paintings are cutting and painful at times, often with a humorous touch, and are always moving. She doesn't make "pretty" paintings but they are all beautiful in how they convey theirs messages." -Posting/review on DC Metroblogging

"Every day that month, the duo would scour the front page of the Washington Post, then get busy putting their brushes to canvas, each illustrating their own colorful-yet-totally-sick-and-twisted views on the day's news" -Chris Shott, Washington City Paper

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"Dana Ellyn is peeling away the art school compulsion to make, and hide behind, pretty pictures." - Jim Magner, The Hill Rag

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"(Ellyn's paintings are) extremely acidic, caustic and pointed commentaries with provocative titles married to insane figurative paintings." - Review of ArtOMatic

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"Dana Ellyn's wonderfully, almost cartoon-like figures, with their deft ideas and imagery..." - Tony Harvey, "The Intowner"

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"The news stories are springboards for what, considered as a whole, is a quintessentially D.C. endeavor: art that comments on world affairs" - Matthew Summers, Washington City Paper

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"[One] of the most extraordinary and dedicated fulltime artists I have come across in Washington, DC... " - Jeannie Smith, Poetic Inhalation

"Censorship is nothing new for Ellyn. Two years ago, she says, her painting, titled Pick 3, was removed from the National Press Club after members complained about the image, which depicted a young girl tugging on her wedgied underwear." - Chris Shott, Washington City Paper

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The Washington City Paper, caught wind of my story about my painting, "Exposed", that was pulled from a show at the GW University Breast Care Center in May 2004. He interviewed me and wrote the following article. Unfortunately, after a heated debate among City Paper editors, they decided not to run the story due to worries that it was "insensitive."

"What's important to me is painting. I want to leave behind a body of work that documents my life and the times I experienced." - Dana Ellyn, Interview with Cool Town Studios

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