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Adam HandlerColorful, Faux-Naïf Painting by Adam Handler 'Summer Vacation Ghost'2024
2024
$2,000
£1,545.35
€1,786.57
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'Summer Vacation Ghost' by Adam Handler, 2024. Oil stick and pencil on linen, 20 x 16 in. This painting by contemporary artist Adam Handler features a blushing ghost, accented by small dots of yellow, and a small home, depicted in his signature faux-naif, child-like style. The textured background is painted in pink.
Adam Handler's work draws from a faux-naïf aesthetic, a style marked by its intentional simplicity and sincerity. Using oil sticks to produce bold lines, vibrant colors, and textured compositions, he achieves an almost childlike directness that belies the deeper, layered narratives of love and loss within each composition. Handler's recent Abduction series is a deeply personal reflection, exploring themes of love, family, and the longing for connections with those he has lost. Through whimsical scenes featuring ghostly figures, he invites viewers to connect with the delicate balance of lightheartedness and sorrow. Handler's vibrant female figures, inspired by the abstract forms of Willem de Kooning, embody his own playful, yet reflective perspective on memory and presence. These figures maintain a raw simplicity that speaks to childhood innocence, which captures the fragile beauty of connection and loss, blending personal memories with universal themes of love and family.
Adam Handler, born in Queens, NY in 1986, studied Life Drawing in Italy and graduated from SUNY's Purchase College with a major in Art History in 2008. Handler has mounted numerous solo and group exhibitions worldwide, including New York, Europe, Africa, and Seoul, South Korea. His work has been shown extensively at major art fairs including Art New York, Art Market Hamptons, Art Context Miami, and the Armory Print Fair. Notable exhibitions include Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY, Brega Artist Space, Seoul, Korea; Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece; Janet Lehr Fine Art, Bridgehampton, NY; Concordia College: OSilas Gallery, Bronxville, NY; Maison 10, New York, NY; Fred Torres Gallery, NY; Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY; and The Children's Museum of Westchester, Rye, NY.
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- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
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- Gallery Location:White Plains, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU373315500992
Adam Handler
Adam Handler was born in Queens, New York, in 1986, studied Life Drawing in Italy and graduated from Purchase College with a major in art history in 2008. Handler's faux-naïf style is in the tradition of 20th-century artists such as Paul Klee, who reformed art's staid conventions of beauty by returning to supposed primal or elementary beginnings. Handler's other influences include Medieval and Renaissance art, Folk and Outsider art, and artists such as Willem De Kooning, Jean-Michel Basquiat and others. Handler has mounted numerous solo and group exhibitions worldwide, including New York, Europe, Africa, and Seoul, South Korea. His work has been shown extensively at major art fairs including Art New York, Art Market Hamptons, Art Context Miami, and the Armory Print Fair. Handler’s notable exhibitions include Brega Artist Space, Seoul, Korea; Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece; Janet Lehr Fine Art, Bridgehampton, NY; OSilas Gallery at Concordia College, Bronxville, NY; Maison 10, New York City, NY; The Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT; Fred Torres Gallery, NYC; Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY and the Children's Museum of Westchester, Rye, NY.
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