Noted New York artist Alfred Leslie will give a talk titled "Some New Work and Some Old History" at 7:30 tonight at Towson State University's concert hall.
Leslie first became known in the 1950s as a member of the "second generation" of abstract expressionists in New York. In the 1960s, he switched to realism, producing monumental-sized portraits such as his own self-portrait -- 9-by-6 feet -- which is in the collection of New York's Whitney Museum. He has also worked in drawing, printmaking, filmmaking and other disciplines, and in 1960 was co-director of a well-known beat generation film called "Pull My Daisy.
His talk is free and open to the public. The concert hall is in the Fine Arts Center, at Osler and Cross Campus drives. Call (410) 830-2808.