Artist Rusty Zimmerman on The Free Portrait Project

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Mar 19, 2024

Since 2015, local artist Rusty Zimmerman has painted free portraits of his fellow New Yorkers, while also recording oral history interviews for what he calls The Free Portrait Project. Last year, he painted two hundred portraits of South Brooklyn residents, and a new exhibit compiling the portraits, We Are South Brooklyn, is on view at Industry City’s Building 8 through March 24. Zimmerman joins to discuss the show, his portrait practice, and the importance of The Free Portrait Project.

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