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Matt Straub
"I Shave Everyday" figurative cartoon portrait painting on paper by Matt Straub

2006

About the Item

Animated cartoon comic--like portrait oil painting on paper by Matt Straub. Signed on back by artist. Offered framed. Paper size: 7 x 6 inches Frame size: 11 x 9 inches. Matt Straub's subjects are derived from various sources: snapshots, found images, auction catalogs containing 19th-century genre paintings, actor headshots, and portraits he photographed in the studio. His agitated surfaces degrade and obscure the original reference, replacing it with a sublime and resonating nostalgia. Straub maintains a careful approach to a tradition of painting, an unsentimental contemplation. Using a subdued palette with simplified tonalities, his wet-on-wet brushwork describes details, employing trial and error rather than improvisation. The work merges the representational (inward contemplation) and the abstract (outward appearance of the surface). The image is not a rendering of the subject's gaze but is mainly concerned with the real pictorial space of the surface. Yet it is a surface always tied to the figure and a sense of facts and the presentation of self. portrait, pop art, animation, earth tones, oil painting, portrait painting, contemporary art, work on paper, figurative art, figure painting
  • Creator:
    Matt Straub
  • Creation Year:
    2006
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Painting is in excellent condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    East Quogue, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1417213748472

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