James Childs

The Return of Adonis

n.d.

James Childs The Three Ages of Man 1986 Signed and dated, l.r. Oil on canvas 64 x 69.5 inches This painting is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

This oil painting on canvas by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Oil, wax, and collage on linen Signed and dated, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Carl James Ferrero is an artist whose experimental paintings, ...

Carel de Moor II Arcadian Revelry 1655-1738 Oil on canvas, wax seal verso, unsigned Image size: 17 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches (43.5 x 30.8 cm) Original gilt frame Provenance: Collection of...

Glyn Warren Philpot The Judgement of Paris 1884-1937 Oil on canvas, initialled lower right Image size: 45 1/2 x 35 inches (111.5 x 90 cm) Gilt frame Glyn Warren Philpot’s The Judge...

Michael Tole says of his work… This work draws a connection between the didactic moralizing tendencies of Neo Classicism (represented in the style of the painting) and Modernism (represented in the architectural setting). Though modern art eschews the naturalistic imagery used by Neo Classicists, both movements pursued a self-important, austere, self-consciously masculine aesthetic that they saw as synonymous with virtue. Set in the MoMA courtyard, a passel of men lounge about, regarding a golden statue which looks terribly out of place in this modernist vitrine. The uncomfortable architectural setting, prisonlike and cold, provides a foil for the odalisque-like young men sprawled on hard stone benches and paying homage to the central idol. In my current work, The Revisionist Histories, I am writing letters to art history, literature, and mythology in an attempt to reflect the social changes that have reshaped our society over the past century.  As part of this agenda, I explore the evolution of gender norms, power dynamics, and representation within Western visual culture and what this implies for the negotiation between pleasure, justice, and our culturally specific discourse on beauty.    The seed for The Revisionist Histories was sewn when I caught a glimpse of my preteen daughters watching music videos on their iPad as I chopped veggies for dinner.  Out of the corner of my eye I caught glimpses of music videos featuring Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, and Doja Cat gyrating across the tiny screen.  A better parent might have snatched the iPad away, but I was overcome with hallucinatory visions of this pop diva...

Timothy Gatenby Apollo Belvedere, 2025 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 80 cm 39.4 x 31.5 inches Tim Gatenby’s popular culture parodies often combining classical with modern imagery to creat...