NAPOLEON ENTERING NEW YORK: Chaim Koppelman & the Emperor

EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEO NAPOLEONICO, ROME, Oct. 13, 2011- May 6, 2012.

CORRIERE DELLA SERA (Evening Courier) —
“Koppelman, considered one of the greatest American printmakers, explores the figure of Napoleon with a profundity that derives from his study of Aesthetic Realism.”

“In an Aesthetic Realism Art Inquiry, Eli Siegel described an intention I had had for many years. He explained I was dealing with the problem of the individual and democracy. Napoleon, he said, represented the pushing sense of one's individuality, the Emperor in oneself, and also the desire for democracy. He said I was trying to put my imperial self—the self that wanted to run other people, including my parents—together with my democratic self, represented by New York and Coney Island."—CK, Dramatic Autobiography

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