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Ken Aptekar
THE NAME OF THE FLOWER: PANSY “JOKER VIOLA-GOLD”

1990

$2,800
£2,127.06
€2,450.03
CA$4,005.68
A$4,393.17
CHF 2,265.74
MX$52,480.14
NOK 28,736.50
SEK 26,958.10
DKK 18,303.53

About the Item

Genre: Contemporary Subject: Nature Medium: Ink, Sandblasted Glass, Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions: 20" x 20" Dimensions w/Frame: 21" x 21" x 2" KEN APTEKAR (b.1950) Pansy "Joker Viola-Gold", 1990 sandblasted glass, bolts, colored ink on paper 20 x 20 in. Ken Aptekar is an artist who combines painting with text. He paints new versions of historical paintings and frames, bolting glass with sandblasted words to his painted panels. Aptekar’s work belongs to the tradition of painting, yet he brings to that tradition a recognition that paintings produce meaning only through their interaction with viewers. He investigates the nature of spectatorship. By “recreating” works of art in a painterly but utilitarian manner, Aptekar promotes viewers’ own narratives prompted by the image-text combinations. Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1950, Aptekar received his BFA at the University of Michigan, then moved to Brooklyn in 1973 to complete an MFA at Pratt Institute (1975). From February 7 through May 29, 2016, a commissioned solo exhibition, NACHBARN (“NEIGHBORS”), is on view at the St.-Annen Museum in Lübeck, Germany. Previously, his work has been seen in solo exhibitions at the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), Memorial Art Gallery (Rochester, NY), Centro da Cultura Judaica (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Musée Robert Dubois-Corneau (Brunoy, France), Espace d’Art Contemporain Camille Lambert (Juvisy, France), The New Museum (NY), Douglas Cooley Gallery at Reed College in Portland, OR, Palmer Museum at Penn State, Cummer Museum (Jacksonville, FL), the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, and the Elaine Jacob Gallery at Wayne State University in Detroit. In 2012 Aptekar’s work was the subject of a survey exhibition, “Ken Aptekar: Look Again,” at the Beard and Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Massachusetts.
  • Creator:
    Ken Aptekar (1950, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1990
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21 in (53.34 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38211650332

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