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Hooper Dunbar
Self Portrait on Paper by Hooper Dunbar
2009

Name: Self Portrait on Paper by Hooper Dunbar
Brand: Hooper Dunbar

$2,000List Price

About the Item

The paintings of Hooper Dunbar represent a landscape of the inner self—a place that evokes both satellite images of the earth's surface, and a topography of the hidden workings of the soul. His canvases are filled with symbols: Crosses, sometimes small and imperceptibly spinning, sometimes bold and imposing; angels that emerge from sculptural thickets of color; great shafts of light from above that crackle and cleave the canvas in two. These symbols have evolved in various guises through the decades of his work, from earlier jewels that appear as ancient, deconstructed Japanese tea bowls, to monumental paintings in which light finds its way to the spectator via concrete means. The manner in which Dunbar configures this light goes beyond surface, beyond stylistic gestures. His paintings are effulgent—saturated with light. Canadian abstract painter, Otto Donald Rogers, describes Dunbar's work as possessing a "strong supernatural light presence that seems to transcend style." The paintings evoke some of the abstract expressionists' ideas concerning spontaneity, the unconscious, and the mind, while they also represent something new: the pursuit of light as an event; a form of devotional painting or "spiritual abstract expressionism" that explores the effects of light—on the canvas, and on the soul. Dunbar proceeds with a dynamic, focused attitude, following the promptings of the spirit. His techniques do not appear mechanical, forced, or self-conscious in the least. He seems compelled, and yet unconcerned when forces combine to turn things in an unforeseen direction. While a spectator might worry that his next intervention will obliterate the current iteration of the painting, he presses on and stops only when he has reached an intuitive state of completion, one that transcends its own process. - Leili Towfigh Hooper C. Dunbar’s work is included in many private collections in London, New York, Sydney, Verona, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Haifa, Israel. His paintings have been exhibited at the United Nations Offices of the New York City Business Integrity Commission (BIC) and the executive offices of SOHO CHINA in Beijing. Self Portrait on Paper by Hooper Dunbar Acrylic paint and watercolor on paper 2009 30.5 x 22.5 inches

Creator:
Hooper Dunbar (1937, American)
Creation Year:
2009
Dimensions:
Height: 30.5 in (77.47 cm)Width: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)
Medium:
Paper,Acrylic
Movement & Style:
Abstract
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU50332024973

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