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Paul Indrek Kostabi
"Weeds" Colorful Abstract Expressionistic Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

2011

About the Item

Paul Kostabi is known for his wildly fun, expressionistic, and colorful portraits. This painting is a perfect definition of his most popular works. Red, bright whites, greens, and blues disperse in a frenzy of splatters, fast brush strokes, and speckles ascending across the canvas. The exuberant, bright, and messy depictions of this piece hold much fascination in its execution. His layered approach to the paint is part of what makes his works so attractive and exciting; creating many dimensions and highlights resembling the shine and gleam of stars in the universe. Art measures 24 x 18 in Paul Kostabi (Paul Indrek Kostabi) was born in 1962 in Whittier, California. He is an American artist, musician, music producer, and audio engineer. He is the brother of artist Mark Kostabi. He became part of the CBGB Festival in 2014 exhibiting paintings alongside photographers Bob Gruen, Michael Lavine, and Chris Stein. He also painted live in Times Square while Devo and Jane's Addiction performed. Paul Kostabi collaborated with Dee Dee Ramone on many paintings, a fanzine called Taking Dope, and illustrated the cover of Chelsea Horror Hotel penned by Dee Dee Ramone. Paul worked with graffiti artist LAII (Angel Ortiz) where a few of their collaborations were sold at auction and to private collectors. His works are best known for being psychedelically intense with faces gleaming outward from the canvas designed with outbursts of color and unique depictions. His abstractions lean toward that of Julian Schnabel, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Giles Lyon. Paul is noted for having a very laid back persona; he can be happy to paint on a museum quality canvas or just some piece of cardboard found in a dumpster. His spirit guides him, and this is what stands out the most while viewing his work: that free-spirited effort that is felt between each brushstroke; that sudden outburst of paint splattering like a splash from a Jackson Pollock painting, or the cartoonish depictions he will execute with attention and detail. His work bridges childish careless expressionism with a fierce determined abstract passion for painting, creating an impressive body of landscapes, still lives, and iconic self-portraits. Paul Kostabi paintings are present in permanent collections of Paterson Museum, New Jersey, Guggenheim Museum, New York, New England Museum of Art Brooklyn, Connecticut Millennium Museum, Whitney Museum of Art, Video, Paper Tiger Sessions, Museion Museum, Bozen, Italy. PROVENANCE: Lilac Gallery Collection. The piece will be stamped from Lilac Gallery on the reverse of the canvas. This Original artwork includes a Certificate of Authenticity issued by the Gallery. Signed bottom left corner and on verso.
  • Creator:
    Paul Indrek Kostabi (1962, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2011
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Period:
  • Condition:
    With ordinary wear from age, otherwise, this painting and its frame are in excellent condition for the time period.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 0005501stDibs: LU982250102
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