$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$16,100
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on paper 35 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in contem...
Paper, Acrylic
$16,100
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on paper 35 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in contem...
Paper, Acrylic
$16,100
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on paper 35 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in contem...
Paper, Acrylic
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake , 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 127 x 61 cm 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin fi...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake , 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 127 x 61 cm 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin fi...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Cake Painting
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Painting , 2019 Signed on recto Mixed media on paper 129 x 60 cm 51 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and hous...
Mixed Media
Cake Painting
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Painting , 2019 Signed on front of sheet Mixed media on paper 129 x 60 cm 51 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle...
Mixed Media
Cake Stacked, Barcelona
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Stacked, Barcelona, 2025 Signed by the artist Enamel paint on wood panel 127 x 61 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths,...
Enamel
Cake Stacked, Galisteo
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Stacked, Galisteo, 2025 Signed by the artist Enamel paint on wood panel 127 x 61 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, ...
Enamel
Cake Painting (Blue, Orange)
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Painting (Blue, Orange), 2019 Signed on Recto Mixed media on paper. 129 x 60 cm 51 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, s...
Mixed Media
Cake Painting (Pink, Black)
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Painting (Pink, Black), 2019 Signed on front of sheet Mixed Media 129 x 60 cm 51 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spa...
Mixed Media
Cake Painting (White, Gold)
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Painting (White, Gold), 2019 Mixed media on paper 129 x 60 cm 50 3/4 x 23 5/8 in Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and hou...
Mixed Media
Cake Painting (White, Gold)
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Painting ( White, Gold), 2019 Mixed media on paper 129 x 60 cm 51 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house ...
Mixed Media
Cake Painting (Yellow, Blue)
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Painting (Yellow, Blue), 2019 Mixed media on paper 129 x 60 cm 51 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house ...
Paper, Mixed Media
Cake Painting (Blue, White, Black)
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Painting (Blue, White, Black), 2019 Signed on front of sheet Mixed media on paper 129 x 60 cm 51 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and ...
Mixed Media
Cake Painting (Pink, White, Black)
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Painting (Pink, White, Black), 2019 Mixed media on paper 129 x 60 cm 51 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and ...
Mixed Media
Orange Cake Stacked on White
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks
Enamel
Red Cake Stacked on White
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks
Enamel
Cake Stacked: White on Turquoise
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks
Enamel
Price Upon Request
CAKES STACKED/SINGLE SACK (yellow on green)
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Art in America Sarah S. King July 2003 Komarin’s most successful works are serial - such as the Pop-artish “cake” images - in which versions of a crudely outlined central image...
Price Upon Request
CAKES STACKED/SINGLE SACK (green on pink)
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Art in America Sarah S. King July 2003 Komarin’s most successful works are serial - such as the Pop-artish “cake” images - in which versions of a crudely outlined central image are...
Oil
Price Upon Request
CAKES STACKED/SINGLE SACK (white on blue)
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Art in America Sarah S. King July 2003 Komarin’s most successful works are serial - such as the Pop-artish “cake” images - in which versions of a crudely outlined central image are...
Paper, Acrylic
Cake Stacked: Bright Pink on White
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks
Enamel
Stacked Cake: Black on Pale Pink and Grey
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; water-based enamel paint on paper bags
Enamel
Cake, Stacked Blue on White
By Gary Komarin
Located in Denver, CO
acrylic on paper
Cake Stacked Brown on Blue
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Art in America Sarah S. King July 2003 Komarin’s most successful works are serial - such as the Pop-artish “cake” images - in which versions of a crudely outlined central image are...
Enamel
Cake Stacked: Blue on White
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks
Enamel
Cake Stacked: Blue on Yellow
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks
Enamel
Sold
H 20.5 in W 30.5 in
Mixed media painting of cake, Gary Komarin, Cake (Pink & Lime)
By Gary Komarin
Located in White Plains, NY
'Cake (Pink & Lime)' 2009 by American artist, Gary Komarin.
Paper, Mixed Media
Sold
H 41 in W 13.5 in
Mixed media painting of cake, Gary Komarin, Cake I (Orange & Crème)
By Gary Komarin
Located in White Plains, NY
'Cake 1' by contemporary artist, Gary Komarin, 2012.
Acrylic
CAKE (red)
By Gary Komarin
Located in White Plains, NY
"CAKE (red)" by Gary Komarin, 2015, acrylic on paperbag, 25.5 x 17 in.
Acrylic
Cake 2
By Gary Komarin
Located in White Plains, NY
Acrylic on paper bags in red on white by Gary Komarin. Framed in white wood frame. Gary Komarin has been exhibiting his works for over 30 years.
Acrylic
CAKE (dark blue)
By Gary Komarin
Located in White Plains, NY
"CAKE (dark blue)" by Gary Komarin, 2015, acrylic on paperbag, 24 x 18 inches.
Acrylic
Cake (Blue on White)
By Gary Komarin
Located in White Plains, NY
'Cake (Blue on White)' by contemporary artist, Gary Komarin, 2012.
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Cake (Creme on Lime), Dyptich
By Gary Komarin
Located in White Plains, NY
'Cake (Creme on Lime), Dyptich, 2018 by contemporary artist, Gary Komarin.
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media
Cake (Orange and Chocolate on Creme)
By Gary Komarin
Located in White Plains, NY
'Cake (Orange and Chocolate on Creme)' 2017 by contemporary artist, Gary Komarin.
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media
Stacked Cakes, Teal on Creme
By Gary Komarin
Located in Park City, UT
Mixed media on paper. "Gary Komarin’s most successful works are serial - such as the Pop-artish “cake” images - in which versions of a crudely outlined central image are repeated ...
Mixed Media
Stacked Cakes, Blue on Creme
By Gary Komarin
Located in Park City, UT
For painter Gary Komarin, abstraction has never been a formal dead end.
Paper, Oil
Stacked Cakes, Creme on Pink
By Gary Komarin
Located in Park City, UT
For painter Gary Komarin, abstraction has never been a formal dead end.
Paper, Oil
Stacked Cakes, Red on White
By Gary Komarin
Located in Park City, UT
For painter Gary Komarin, abstraction has never been a formal dead end.
Paper, Acrylic
Stacked Cakes, Blue on White (7 Layer)
By Gary Komarin
Located in Park City, UT
For painter Gary Komarin, abstraction has never been a formal dead end.
Paper, Acrylic
Stacked Cakes - Creme on Blue
By Gary Komarin
Located in Park City, UT
Oil on paper. "Gary Komarin’s most successful works are serial - such as the Pop-artish “cake” images - in which versions of a crudely outlined central image are repeated against a s...
Oil
Stacked Cakes - Cream on Dark Blue
By Gary Komarin
Located in Park City, UT
Oil on paper. "Gary Komarin’s most successful works are serial - such as the Pop-artish “cake” images - in which versions of a crudely outlined central image are repeated against a s...
Oil
A forerunner of the post-painterly abstraction movement, contemporary artist Gary Komarin approaches each composition with a pure openness to inspiration. With every brushstroke, he builds a visual interpretation of his mindset in that moment, never knowing what he's going to paint next. Komarin asserts that, for him, "the best paintings are the paintings that paint themselves."
Komarin invites risk into his abstract work, and employs daring in every element of his pieces. From his adventurous deployment of spackle and house paint as mediums to his playful use of color and imperfect lines, he pulls forms from a backdrop of consciousness, rather than merely delivering images to a surface. He enjoys instilling a child's sense of wonder into his abstractions and still-lifes, invoking a toddler's experience of "seeing things without knowing what they are."
Born in New York City, Komarin is the son of a Czech architect and Austrian author. He attended art school at Boston University, where painter Phillip Guston became a mentor. Much of Komarin's work nods to Guston, without mimicking or replicating the latter’s signature cartoonish style.
Komarin has exhibited in the United States, Asia, the United Kingdom and throughout continental Europe. In 1996, his work was included in an exhibition at 41 Green Street in New York. He has received numerous awards, including the New York Foundation for the Arts grant in painting, the Joan Mitchell Prize in Painting and the Edward Albee Foundation Fellowship. Komarin lives in rural Connecticut, where he continues to create new work.
Find original Gary Komarin paintings, drawings and mixed media works on 1stDibs.
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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