Douglas Fraser

Bold Graphic Illustration Pop Art Image of Large Truck, Orignal Alkyd Painting

"New York artist Robert Reitzfeld has a devoted cult following, but his paintings are not nearly as well known as they ought to be....The paintings show a witty merger of Pop art idioms and post-painterly abstraction, like a mutant blend of John Wesley, Michael Bevilacqua and Gerhard Richter. In each of the exuberant compositions, Reitzfeld offers a unique balance of formalist elements and absurdist drama." from David Ebony's Top Ten @ Artnet At first, Robert Reitzfeld's distinctive melange of Ab Ex. Pop, Op and other postwar painting styles appears to be a send-up of the source material. Among the 25 recent paintings and works on paper in this show, a number of pieces, including Minnie Mouse, Olive. Che. Marilyn and others, feature cartoons and familiar Pop-art iconography, Reitzfeld's versions often appropriating passages from Warhol and Lichtenstein. But Reitzfeld's images are very often fragmented, with roughly torn edges in the paper pieces and colorful abstract passages of paint in the canvases obscuring and sometimes rearly obliterating the subjects. Rather than a nihilistic gesture, however, his distortions may be viewed as a kind of archeology of recent art. They also reveal a rather personal relationship with specific works that have inspired the veteran New York artist over the years. 1961, I Was There (2007), for instance, Is a painting featuring Donald Duck in his blue-and-white sailor suit—a fragment of Lichtenstein's 1961 painting Look, Mickey!, partly painted over with layered patches of red and pink acrylic as well as a sprinkling of glitter. The title of Reitzfeld's piece alludes to his attendance at a 1961 opening at New York's Sidney Janis Gallery, where Lichtenstein showed this seminal Pop work. Reitzfeld is at his best here in several relatively large (about 36 inches square) intricate hard-edge compositions, such as TBT 56 (Marriage), 2006, and T8T 63 (2007). The latter contains another Lichtenstein reference: a detail of the Whitney Museum's 1973 Still Life with Crystal Bowl set...

James Yohe A Quiet Situation-Move Acrylic on canvas, 1980, Hand signed 'Yohe', titled and dated on the reverse, with label from Alexander Milliken Gallery NY. 18 1/2 x 20 1/2 in., t...

"New York artist Robert Reitzfeld has a devoted cult following, but his paintings are not nearly as well known as they ought to be....The paintings show a witty merger of Pop art idioms and post-painterly abstraction, like a mutant blend of John Wesley, Michael Bevilacqua and Gerhard Richter. In each of the exuberant compositions, Reitzfeld offers a unique balance of formalist elements and absurdist drama." from David Ebony's Top Ten @ Artnet At first, Robert Reitzfeld's distinctive melange of Ab Ex. Pop, Op and other postwar painting styles appears to be a send-up of the source material. Among the 25 recent paintings and works on paper in this show, a number of pieces, including Minnie Mouse, Olive. Che. Marilyn and others, feature cartoons and familiar Pop-art iconography, Reitzfeld's versions often appropriating passages from Warhol and Lichtenstein. But Reitzfeld's images are very often fragmented, with roughly torn edges in the paper pieces and colorful abstract passages of paint in the canvases obscuring and sometimes rearly obliterating the subjects. Rather than a nihilistic gesture, however, his distortions may be viewed as a kind of archeology of recent art. They also reveal a rather personal relationship with specific works that have inspired the veteran New York artist over the years. 1961, I Was There (2007), for instance, Is a painting featuring Donald Duck in his blue-and-white sailor suit—a fragment of Lichtenstein's 1961 painting Look, Mickey!, partly painted over with layered patches of red and pink acrylic as well as a sprinkling of glitter. The title of Reitzfeld's piece alludes to his attendance at a 1961 opening at New York's Sidney Janis Gallery, where Lichtenstein showed this seminal Pop work. Reitzfeld is at his best here in several relatively large (about 36 inches square) intricate hard-edge compositions, such as TBT 56 (Marriage), 2006, and T8T 63 (2007). The latter contains another Lichtenstein reference: a detail of the Whitney Museum's 1973 Still Life with Crystal Bowl set...

Dennis Hollingsworth (Spanish/American, b. 1956), "Lil' Franklin," 1997, Oil on canvas, Hand signed on stretcher bar verso, Gallery label verso (Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA) affixed verso, canvas: 45"h x 42"w, overall (with frame): 46"h x 43"w. Dennis Hollingsworth, Born 1956 in Madrid, Spain he has lived and worked in Los Angeles, California. He currently lives and works in New York City and Tossa De Mar...

Geometry and bright colors sit upon a block of shining gold leaf to overlook the city. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed...

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Nothing Ventured Year: 1995 Medium: Acrylic & Enamel on Canvas, signed and titled verso Size: 26.5 x 48 inches

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Outside Choice Year: 1984 Medium: Acrylic and Enamel on Canvas, signed l.l. and verso Size: 34 x 96 in. (86.36 x 243.84 cm) Fram...

John CRASH Matos "Showstopper" Spray Paint on Canvas 40 x 30 inches Born John Matos in 1961, CRASH was raised in the Bronx, New York. At the age of 13, he began following the older...