William Anastasi

A Painting of a Soup Can Used to Hang Here (229/250)

1991

silkscreen, unframed, edition 231 of 250 In 1968 Andy Warhol exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts. Since Warhol's show was seminal in the development of Pop Art, there was a lingering presence that could not be denied, even after the work was no longer in the space. Anastasi went to a sign maker and had a plaque made that read, "A Painting of a Soup Can Used to Hang Here". The reference to the soup can and the fact the sign was not made by the artist was the development of Warhol’s subject matter as well as a Duchamp reference. It was pure genius. An edition of this work was produced years later. William Anastasi is one of the founders of both Conceptual and Minimal Art. A “classmate” of Andy Warhol, Sol LeWitt, and Hans Haacke...

acrylic, LED lamps, transformer, aluminum edition 1 of 3 For over thirty years Dominique Blain has examined and addressed the links between relationships of domination, such as ra...

Copper etching with aquatint The power of memory and how it recalls individuality begins in such basic experiences as the ability to link internal ideas to external manifestations of those ideas. Memories as simple as an old toy or a street can set off a chain reaction of thoughts that snowball into issues as broad as nationalism, identity politics or a body politic to name a few. Hector Ruiz’s works encompass the broad, complex and often painful world particular to the Arizona and neighboring Mexican landscape. United States and Mexican border...

copper etching with aquatint The power of memory and how it recalls individuality begins in such basic experiences as the ability to link internal ideas to external manifestations of those ideas. Memories as simple as an old toy or a street can set off a chain reaction of thoughts that snowball into issues as broad as nationalism, identity politics or a body politic to name a few. Hector Ruiz’s works encompass the broad, complex and often painful world particular to the Arizona and neighboring Mexican landscape. United States and Mexican border...

monoprint with drypoint and chine colle; unframed image size: 10 x 7 inches

etching; unframed available editions: 1, 2 and 3 of 20

"Moi je veux vivre monotone" is from the series "Some poems by Jules Laforgue". Patrick Caulfied was deeply inspired by these poems and found to his very own depiction of these poems...

This portfolio by Robert Indiana is a late icon of Pop Art. Since the mid-1960's, he has been working with the word LOVE. Numerous artworks featuring these four letters are well-know...

"She fled along the avenue" is from the series "Some poems by Jules Laforgue". Patrick Caulfied was deeply inspired by these poems and found to his very own depiction of these poems....

This portfolio by Robert Indiana is a late icon of Pop Art. Since the mid-1960's, he has been working with the word LOVE. Numerous artworks featuring these four letters are well-know...

'I have made two separate versions of this edition – not because it’s worth saying twice – although it is, but more evidently to do with the colours of two paintings I made on the sa...

This edition was printed in approximately 40 colors on Lanaquarelle paper with a deckled edge. The print is signed, numbered and dated, 2011 by the artist. The print comes directly f...