Items Similar to Baja
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 4
Larry Hill ArtBaja 2022
2022
About the Item
I believe a painting (story) must have an initial dramatic impact and at second glance should include tantalizing nuances of drawing (plotting) and gestures (conflict) to stay alive. I’ve been around a long time and have given much thought to today’s art market. I agree with art critic Kenneth Baker’s assessment of a recent show called, “The Passionate Gesture” at the Hackett-Freedman gallery in San Francisco, featuring first- and second-wave Abstract Expressionists. Baker says, “To this day the art scene still seeks our notion of explosive, unrehearsed paintings more aggressively than ever.” He goes on to reflect on how we action painters have achieved a “certain coherence against all odds that just won’t go away.”
- Creator:Larry Hill Art (1932, American)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 48 in (121.92 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Fresno, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1823210910862
About the Seller
No Reviews Yet
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
1stDibs seller since 2022
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Fresno, CA
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 7 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- XanaduBy Larry Hill ArtLocated in Fresno, CAThe first time I heard the words “abstract expressionism” I was in New York, trying to grab another day of leave before the army shipped me overseas. At that time in 1952, while brow...Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsOil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic
- Powder RiverBy Larry Hill ArtLocated in Fresno, CAThe first time I heard the words “abstract expressionism” I was in New York, trying to grab another day of leave before the army shipped me overseas. At that time in 1952, while brow...Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsOil, Acrylic
- ShigotoBy Larry Hill ArtLocated in Fresno, CAShortly before Walt Esslinger died a few years ago, we talked in his small yellow painted studio in Bakersfield. Sixteen years my senior, he’d been my close friend, mentor and running mate since 1960. “You still writing?” he asked. “Yes,” I answered, taking in the space’s renovations he’d recently sub-contracted. Ninety one years old, and he was thinking ahead. “Do me a favor,” he said. “Write the Andy Warhol story.” Walt was a Central Valley guy, an L.A. guy, a Las Vegas guy. A man who knew his way around. “I want you to put on record what happened back then when I bought the soup can painting.” Back then was the fall of 1962. The two of us had been exhibiting our paintings in the L.A. Art Institute’s gallery for locals only. Walt had given legendary Ad Rhinehardt a story about how he and I had been working in both Edward Kienholz’s and John Altoon’s studios (false—we’d only been visiting). One morning, the Institute’s Director, who hadn’t suspected us to be charlatans yet, introduced us to a reed thin, tow headed young man leaning against the main gallery’s wall. “Meet Andy Warhola,” he said. “Andy is from New York.” “Warhol,” the boy/man said. “Painter?” Walt asked him. “Shoe Illustrator.” The director made a snorting noise I took to mean that Warhola or Warhol’s modesty was posed. He mentioned something about Andy having a show on the La Cienega strip of galleries. We exchanged mumbles about how the art world was in flux, nothing more than that, and Walt and I moved on. If this strange cat had anything to look at, we’d see it. It was a Monday, and La Cienega’s twenty some galleries would be opening new shows and serving champagne that evening. North La Cienega Avenue, laid over a network of oil veins decades before, had become the street for the Cool School, a group of artists and gallery people trying to bring Los Angeles’s art scene to life. The galleries were small but proud. Sure, Jazz was born on the Delta and raised in New Orleans, St, Luis and Chicago, but L.A. had fifty-three jazz joints according to Chet Baker, who’d blown with the best. Why then should the West Coast be lagging behind New York in the other truly American expression, abstract art? At the Ferus Gallery that night we found Warhol’s exhibit. “Shit,” I said. Walt grinned. “You no like?” “Not exactly my can of soup,” I said, peeking into the small space, loaded now wall to wall with paintings of Campbell’s Tomato Soup. Walt stepped into the space. “How about the idea of it?” I made my way through spectators looking at once to be confused, amused, enthused and abused. When I came back to Walt he was still smiling. “Why didn’t he silk screen ‘em?” I asked. “That’s probably his next move,” Walt said. “You wanna stay?” Walt’s keen eyes cased the joint. “I see Irving Bloom over there,” he said. “Believe I’ll stick around and talk with him.” Bloom had been operating this popular gallery for some time now. “One hundred a month,” he’d told me. “It’s not like I’m getting rich.” I stood around for a bit, heard a fellow abstract expressionist I’d met tell a young lady who looked to be lost, “Okay that’s the soup. Come with me, baby, and I’ll show you the juice.” Two doors down I stopped at the Primus-Stuart Gallery. A group of people had gathered around a display of soup cans, stacked grocer’s pyramid style in the window. All Campbell’s. All Tomato. A sign leaning against the grouping stated: “Get the real thing. Thirty cents each.” That’s the way it was. Twenty-four galleries forming a gauntlet between La Cienega’s 300 block, all the way up to Barney’s Beanery at the corner of Santa Monica. Hollywood types dressed to the nines, Beats dressed for the times just gone. Champagne popping...Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsAcrylic, Oil
- Walk on the Wild Side (Diptych)By Larry Hill ArtLocated in Fresno, CAI believe a painting (story) must have an initial dramatic impact and at second glance should include tantalizing nuances of drawing (plotting) and gestures (conflict) to stay alive....Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsOil, Acrylic
- TownesBy Larry Hill ArtLocated in Fresno, CAThe first time I heard the words “abstract expressionism” I was in New York, trying to grab another day of leave before the army shipped me overseas. At that time in 1952, while brow...Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsOil, Acrylic
- RiffBy Larry Hill ArtLocated in Fresno, CAI believe a painting (story) must have an initial dramatic impact and at second glance should include tantalizing nuances of drawing (plotting) and gestures (conflict) to stay alive....Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsOil, Acrylic
You May Also Like
- Fly High!Located in Ridgewood, NYMost mornings we wake up to a physical reality of sharp contrast and clear-cut edges. Defined outlines help us navigate everyday life and the world around us. But the blurry fringes ...Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsOil, Acrylic
- Low tideBy Elena Guryeva ArtLocated in Novato, CAThis painting is part of my recent series PHENOMENA, where I explore the changes in Nature. These shifts are often a part of a natural cycle, like a sunset, a low tide, or the arriva...Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsAcrylic, Oil
- 'Implicite', Large Scale Abstract Expressionist Oil, Acrylic and Sand On CanvasLocated in Cotignac, FRLarge contemporary abstract expressionist oil, acrylic and sand on canvas, titled 'Implicite' by French artist Christian Manoury. Signed, dated 2019 ...Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic
- Golden Tide, Abstract Art, Contemporary Art, Reflection Series of Water &GlassBy Ellen HartLocated in Houston, TXGolden Tide Golden Tide is part of C. Ellen Hart’s Reflection Series. The works feature reflections found on the surfaces of water and glass. She seeks out images that commonly su...Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
- Light at the Bottom, oil & acrylic painting, in the style of Abstract LandscapeBy Ellen HartLocated in Houston, TXLight at the Bottom investigate the ubiquitous patterns of light, shadow and reflection that we all experience daily, but that we rarely stop to notice. The works reflect a perceptua...Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsOil, Acrylic
- Mr. ScoganLocated in West Hollywood, CAImpasto mixed-media figurative portrait on canvas by Massimo D'Amico This portrait is inspired by a character from Aldous Huxley’s “Crome Yellow” named Mr. Scogan. This work showcases the artist’s masterful and generous use of thick, impasto technique, serving as a dynamic stage through vibrant color and textured brushstrokes. Beyond the portrait, the surrounding use of color amplifies the emotional impact it has on the viewer. ABOUT THE ARTIST - Massimo Damico...Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsOil, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic