Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Bruce Adams
Eros and Psyche in L.A.

2013

About the Item

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the layers of meaning inherent in making and viewing art. Artist Statement: I often reference historical painting themes and styles in order to throw into relief western tropes in figurative art. Certain conventions reoccur with such regularity throughout history that they can be seen as cultural memes that cut across religious, mythical, and secular themes. Other conventions are closely linked to a particular time and place. Mythology and allegory are artistic contrivances that act as mirrors, reflecting ideals and social mores throughout history. It’s still going on. Google any god or goddess and along with historical art up pops contemporary illustrations reflecting the cultural tropes of today.
  • Creator:
    Bruce Adams (1952, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2013
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Buffalo, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1392567882
More From This SellerView All
  • Woman on Couch with Boy
    By Bruce Adams
    Located in Buffalo, NY
    With this series I continue my practice of alluding to historical painting styles and themes as a means of prompting various contextual associations. I began by referencing portrait ...
    Category

    1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Justice
    By Bruce Adams
    Located in Buffalo, NY
    Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
    Category

    20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Diana and the Stag
    By Bruce Adams
    Located in Buffalo, NY
    Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • Venus at her Mirror
    By Bruce Adams
    Located in Buffalo, NY
    Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • Narcissus with Venus Effect
    By Bruce Adams
    Located in Buffalo, NY
    Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • Untitled 012 (Snow)
    By Bruce Adams
    Located in Buffalo, NY
    An original contemporary painting by American artist Bruce Adams.
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

You May Also Like
  • Self Portrait - Nude Figurative Painting By Marc Zimmerman
    By Marc Zimmerman
    Located in Carmel, CA
    An early work by Marc Zimmerman - Self Portrait - Nude Figurative Painting By Marc Zimmerman Title: 'Traysi & Marc: Summerland' , oil on canvas This masterpiece is exhibited in th...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Under the Skin - Nude Female Figures, Caryatids, Oil Painting in Brown Colors
    By Gian Berto Vanni
    Located in New York, NY
    This figurative surrealist oil painting on canvas measures 52 x 64-inch. The primary colors are earth tones, with accents of red and blue. The bodies of four female nudes, sitting in...
    Category

    1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Cotton Canvas

  • Kitch - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Sea View, Realism, Swim Floats, Pastel
    By Julita Malinowska
    Located in Salzburg, AT
    Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Summer Is To Hot - New Expressionism, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
    By Rafal Chojnowski
    Located in Salzburg, AT
    Born in 1966 in Wroclaw. Works mainly in oil and acrylic painting. He studied at Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professor Konrad Jarodzki and Andrzej Klimczak Dobrzani...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Gestures 8 - Contemporary Minimalistic Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Nude
    By Julita Malinowska
    Located in Salzburg, AT
    Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • A Beach Screen - Contemporaty Oil on canvas, Figurative realist painting
    By Marek Okrassa
    Located in Warsaw, PL
    PROVENANCE: The Gallery of Katarzyna Napiorkowska is one of the first commercial art galleries in Poland. For over 30 years, the gallery has been presenting contemporary paintings, g...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

Recently Viewed

View All