John M White

John M. White, Bird Opera #23, Unframed

2013

John M. White is a painter, sculptor and performance artist. He has been exhibiting publicly over 40 years. Culturally, politically and aesthetically influenced by the late 60’s, White’s work exemplifies this period of redefinition and experimentation. Throughout his career, he has focused on three major areas of work: performance art, site-specific installations and drawing and painting. Although always interdisciplinary , his work is primarily autobiographical in nature and always includes some element of humor. While attending the Patri School of Art Fundamentals as a young man, John White’s teacher and mentor Giacomo Patri instructed him to spend a few hours in the middle of the night just watching out a window. From 11pm on, White sat staring out of his window, fascinated by the birds that alighted on the wires around the city. Through the seemingly mundane activity and expert teaching skills, Giacomo had surreptitiously taught White how to see, not just look. An indelible mark was made on him that night and he adopted the pared-down birds on wires into his artistic language; the symbol of that night makes an appearance in many of his subsequent paintings as lines and dots. A tribute to his beloved mentor, White’s most recent and aptly titled series, Bird Opera...

John M. White is a painter, sculptor and performance artist. He has been exhibiting publicly over 40 years. Culturally, politically and aesthetically influenced by the late 60’s, Whi...

While attending the Patri School of Art Fundamentals as a young man, John White’s teacher and mentor Giacomo Patri instructed him to spend a few hours in the middle of the night just...

John M. White is a painter, sculptor and performance artist. He has been exhibiting publicly over 40 years. Culturally, politically and aesthetically influenced by the late 60’s, Whi...

While attending the Patri School of Art Fundamentals as a young man, John White’s teacher and mentor Giacomo Patri instructed him to spend a few hours in the middle of the night just...

While attending the Patri School of Art Fundamentals as a young man, John White’s teacher and mentor Giacomo Patri instructed him to spend a few hours in the middle of the night just...

Incredibly, the artist had his painting hand broken during the making of this artwork. He couldn't help but paint, so he decided to use his left hand to finish this painting. This artwork depicts a forest of towers, viewed from the top, of different heights but identical in building : square rooms with green arched...

Matthew Heller Acrylic and pencil on archival paper 40 x 32 2010 Large, contemporary abstract painting by Matthew Heller featuring minimal colors and lines. An outline of a female f...

Hand-signed and dated on front and back Custom framed: 47" high x 40" wide

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Untitled Holy Grid is a unique contemporary modern painting by renowned Polish-Dutch artist Eliza Kopec. The painting is a typical example of her preferred minimalist abstract geomet...