“Inside the Painter’s Studio” is terrific. It offers readers a collection of intimate and insightful interviews with contemporary painters, a rare glimpse inside each artist’s creative process and studio practice. Fig’s effort is something of a latter day “Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects,” the 1550 book written by painter and architect Giorgio Vasari. “Inside the Painter’s Studio” also features many reproductions of Fig’s meticulously crafted sculpture replicas of the artists’ studios; the book is a valuable addition to any painter’s reference library.

It’s a wonderful series, but no studios of women? Seriously? Other than one included alongside her husband, and another included without her first name – who I assume is Dana Schutz). Just asking.

These are amazing but viewing them on the internet is utterly frustrating. I wish they had some macro closeups of the work to see just how fine the incredible detail is. That’s what amazes me about these recreations how he constructed them, out of what materials, with what tools, etc. And the Pollack one didn’t show the size/scale . These are the most important details you guys! And Sonya is right, to see the difference between female and male artists work-spaces would be very interesting not to mention it smacks of prejudice or at least bias.

The photos are good, and it would be good to get the book and see if it offers some insight into the artists creative processes but I do think the scale models are very ‘anorak’ like, or ‘train-spotteresque’. A fetishistic step too far.

these would be even cooler if Aurora sold snap-together model kits that my 8 year old could build.

Incredible detail. If I didn’t know they were dioramas, I’d probably assume they were all the real thing.

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