Schenck in the 21st Century and the Chronology of Billy Famous
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Billy Schenck has been known internationally for 44 years as one of the originators of the contemporary "Pop" western movement. Schenck has had more than 100 solo shows and is included in 44 museum collections. He is an American painter who incorporates techniques from Photo-Realism with a Pop Art sensibility to both exalt and poke fun at images of the West. Career highlights for the artist include the 2013 Utah Museum of Fine Art's Bierstadt to Warhol: American Indians in the West exhibit, the Denver Art Museum's "Western Horizons," and a retrospective of serigraphs created by Schenck from 1971 through 1996 at the Tucson Museum of Art. Amy Abrams is an award-winning author, widely-read journalist, former publishing executive at national magazines (including Art & Antiques), literary journal editor, art critic and multimedia communications creator. With over 200 stories published, both fiction and non-fiction, she contributed to The Wall Street Journal, Art in America, and Village Voice Media. While most of her stories focus on art, she publishes articles about travel, spirituality, food, famous personalities, and music. Recently relocated from New York City to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, she released two books in 2013: Schenck in the 21st Century: The Myth of the Hero and the Truth of America, winning the 2013 US Literary Award for Fine Arts, and a debut novel, The Cage and The Key--a spiritual sojourn. She has appeared on TV and radio programs including NPR and SiriusXM, as well as lectured about publishing, art and the media to university, museum, and writing conferences audiences across America. Previously, as Associate Publisher of Museum & Arts Washington magazine in Washington, DC, she increased advertising revenue by 35% in her first year. More recently, she turned to teaching, sharing her publishing and writing skills at The Writer's Center and Writopia Lab, in Washington, DC and environs.

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"What has remained constant throughout Schenck's career is his individuality in dealing with the subject matter of the west. Using the artistic formula of classic western film direction and the photographically reliant systems of contemporary art, he has bridged two genres that resonate with the American experience. From early depictions of cinematic cowboys to real-life cowboys and cowgirls to poetic reveries about the Native American existence in the Southwest, Schenck melds the real with the imagined, autobiography with fantasy." --Julie Sasse, Chief Curator and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Tucson Museum of Art.

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