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John Baker"Target Practice", surrealist, portrait, mixed media, acrylic painting2024
2024
$825
£626.16
€721.70
CA$1,156.17
A$1,290.39
CHF 678.89
MX$15,674.68
NOK 8,606.55
SEK 8,054.66
DKK 5,386.33
About the Item
John Baker’s “Target Practice” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 32 x 26 inches in rich browns and blacks complementing the buff color of the collaged paper. The merciless and utterly stupid expression of the shooter belies his rather elegant attire. Simultaneously both the shooter and the target, the figure calls up the notion of violence to others as displaced violence against the self. The sides are unpainted and the painting is signed and dated on the reverse.
John Baker is a widely exhibited painter based in Boston and New York whose solo exhibitions have been favorably reviewed in the Boston Globe (his paintings demonstrate that the human figure as a source of fresh ideas still endures), Art New England (Baker’s collages raise a bunch of interesting issues) and American Art Collector (John Baker’s wonderful and worthy project). A native of New York City, Baker was a pupil of Donald Judd for two years. The sculptor’s constructivist method remains an influence on Baker’s collage process, but Baker’s artistic results are more sensual and emotional as he adds the elements of subtle color harmony and reliance on impulse. Baker is represented by Fountain Street Gallery in Boston, MA.
- Creator:John Baker (1944, American)
- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 32 in (81.28 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 0.875 in (2.23 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Franklin, MA
- Reference Number:Seller: Baker_Target Practice1stDibs: LU500314951262
John Baker
John Baker is a widely exhibited painter based in Boston and New York whose solo exhibitions have been favorably reviewed in the Boston Globe (his paintings demonstrate that the human figure as a source of fresh ideas still endures), Art New England (Baker’s collages raise a bunch of interesting issues) and American Art Collector (John Baker’s wonderful and worthy project). A native of New York City, Baker was a pupil of Donald Judd for two years. The influence of the sculptor’s constructivist method remains an influence on Baker’s collage process, but Baker’s artistic results are more sensual and emotional as he adds the elements of subtle color harmony and reliance on impulse.
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