James Denmark

Sunset

2022

Magnolia Blossom, 2021

James Denmark is a formally trained artist, and one of the few masters of collage. Denmark utilizes an exacting process to cut and assemble brightly handcolored papers, fabric and objects into familiar figures and images. Denmark is also proficient in charcoal and watercolor. Born in Winter Haven, Florida in 1936, Denmark’s grandmother, a wire sculptor and quilt artist, exposed him to color and form at an early age. He was also influenced by his grandfather, a bricklayer noted for his unique custom design molds. Denmark attended Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, FL where studied under the artist and acclaimed African-American art historian, Dr. Samella Lewis and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. After graduating from FAMU, Denmark moved to Brooklyn, NY and began teaching art in the public school system. Denmark earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree at the prestigious Pratt Institute of Fine Arts in New York. While at Pratt, Denmark was heavily influenced by the abstract expressionists, admiring such mainstream artists as Jackson Pollock, Clifford Still...

Sunset, 2021

Charleston Lady, 2021

James Denmark is a formally trained artist, and one of the few masters of collage. Denmark utilizes an exacting process to cut and assemble brightly handcolored papers, fabric and objects into familiar figures and images. Denmark is also proficient in charcoal and watercolor. Born in Winter Haven, Florida in 1936, Denmark’s grandmother, a wire sculptor and quilt artist, exposed him to color and form at an early age. He was also influenced by his grandfather, a bricklayer noted for his unique custom design molds. Denmark attended Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, FL where studied under the artist and acclaimed African-American art historian, Dr. Samella Lewis and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. After graduating from FAMU, Denmark moved to Brooklyn, NY and began teaching art in the public school system. Denmark earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree at the prestigious Pratt Institute of Fine Arts in New York. While at Pratt, Denmark was heavily influenced by the abstract expressionists, admiring such mainstream artists as Jackson Pollock, Clifford Still, William...

James Denmark is a formally trained artist, and one of the few masters of collage. Represented by Neema Fine Art Gallery with locations in Charleston, SC and Atlanta, GA, Denmark utilizes an exacting process to cut and assemble brightly handcolored papers, fabric and objects into familiar figures and images. Denmark is also proficient in charcoal and watercolor. Born in Winter Haven, Florida in 1936, Denmark’s grandmother, a wire sculptor and quilt artist, exposed him to color and form at an early age. He was also influenced by his grandfather, a bricklayer noted for his unique custom design molds. Denmark attended Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, FL where studied under the artist and acclaimed African-American art historian, Dr. Samella Lewis and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. After graduating from FAMU, Denmark moved to Brooklyn, NY and began teaching art in the public school system. Denmark earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree at the prestigious Pratt Institute of Fine Arts in New York. While at Pratt, Denmark was heavily influenced by the abstract expressionists, admiring such mainstream artists as Jackson Pollock, Clifford Still...

Glances Collages 25 x 20 My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do not find in other mediums. W...

Memory Collage 32 x 22 My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do not find in other mediums. Whe...

Gardens Collage 34 x 24 My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do not find in other mediums. Wh...

Poetry Collage 27 x 23 My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do not find in other mediums. Whe...

Kim Dingle, Pop artist and social commentator, was born in Pomona, California in 1951. She is known for cartoon-related images of little girls in surreal situations that explore both personal and perceived societal dilemmas. Dingle received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1988 from California State University, Los Angeles, and her Master of Fine Arts degree in 1990, from the Claremont Graduate School, California. selected group exhibitions 2014 “Secrets and Lies” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego 2014-2015 "The Avant Garde" Orange County Museum of Art 2014 Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emillia, Italy 2013 “Untitled (Giotto’s O) , Sperone Westwater, Lugano, Switzerland Museum of Contemporary Art, 6 October – 14 January 2001; P.S.1Contemporary Art Center/MOMA Affiliate, Long Island City, 4 “Uncomfortable Beauty,” Jack Tilton/Anna Kustera, New York, 8 December 2000 – 13 January 2001 “Pop & Post-Pop (On Paper),” Texas Gallery, Houston, 23 January – 3 March 2001 MOMA, New York "Mapping" Robert Stor curator Los Angeles County “Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000,” Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, 22 October 2000 – 25 February 2001 “The Darker Side of Playland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1 September 2000 – 2 January 2001 (catalogue) "Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 23 March – June 2000 (catalogue) "Arte Americana; Ultimo Decennio," Museo d'Arte della Citta di Ravenna, 1999 "Looking at Ourselves: Works by Women Artists from the Logan Collection," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 9 January–20 April 1999 (catalogue) 1998 "Family Viewing," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles "Presumed Innocence," Anderson Gallery, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University "Sunshine and Noir: Art in L. A. 1960–1997, - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, -Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany - Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy, - Hammer Museum, Los Angles, fall...

This listing is for a "Picture Blanket" (hand crochet craft work) and also includes a small brochure and a signed offset lithograph print of a picture rug...