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Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Abstract Drawing

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Abstract Drawing

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

Untitled from Shifty Packets Series, Contemporary Ink on Paper, 2010+

By Colleen Wolstenholme

Located in Montreal, Quebec

She conjures a hyperbolic nostalgia for the cult film Valley of the Dolls (re-framed from an ultra-feminist perspective), Pop Art, and the colourful, clean aesthetic of Canadian art ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Beau Simmons - Mojave 1975, Photography 2022, Printed After
Beau Simmons - Mojave 1975, Photography 2022, Printed After

Beau Simmons - Mojave 1975, Photography 2022, Printed After

By Beau Simmons

Located in Stamford, CT

I had to work with what few images I could find online, various angles taken from Google Earth, and a notepad which I sketched on to give me a general idea. On set, we spent about an...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marc Mouclier (1866-1947) Le Drapeau à la fenêtre, 1942 oil on panel signed
Marc Mouclier (1866-1947) Le Drapeau à la fenêtre, 1942 oil on panel signed

Marc Mouclier (1866-1947) Le Drapeau à la fenêtre, 1942 oil on panel signed

Located in Paris, FR

He went on to contribute to the Revue blanche before launching his own periodical, L'Omnibus de Corinthe, an illustrated vehicle for general ideas, the following October, featuring B...

Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Minimalist  Black Oil Painting, Collage, Mixed Media on Canvas Kevin Larmon
Minimalist  Black Oil Painting, Collage, Mixed Media on Canvas Kevin Larmon

Minimalist Black Oil Painting, Collage, Mixed Media on Canvas Kevin Larmon

Located in Surfside, FL

Larmon was accompanied by artists Kathe Burkhart, General Idea, Mike Kelley, Lillian Mulero, Raymond Pettibon, Johnny Pixchure, Richard Prince, Kay Rosen, Rene Santos, and Kevin Wolff.

Category

1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Minimalist  Black Oil Painting, Collage, Mixed Media on Canvas Kevin Larmon
Minimalist  Black Oil Painting, Collage, Mixed Media on Canvas Kevin Larmon

Minimalist Black Oil Painting, Collage, Mixed Media on Canvas Kevin Larmon

Located in Surfside, FL

Larmon was accompanied by artists Kathe Burkhart, General Idea, Mike Kelley, Lillian Mulero, Raymond Pettibon, Johnny Pixchure, Richard Prince, Kay Rosen, Rene Santos, and Kevin Wolff.

Category

1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Born to be crazy, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Born to be crazy, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Born to be crazy, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Esteban Vera

Located in Yardley, PA

This new series aims to raise awareness about the interaction between people, social networks and technology in general. The main idea of this series is to capture the characters wit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

It's what I do that defines me, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
It's what I do that defines me, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

It's what I do that defines me, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Esteban Vera

Located in Yardley, PA

This new series aims to raise awareness about the interaction between people, social networks and technology in general. The main idea of this series is to capture the characters wit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Knowledge is the ultimate weapon, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Knowledge is the ultimate weapon, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Knowledge is the ultimate weapon, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Esteban Vera

Located in Yardley, PA

This new series aims to raise awareness about the interaction between people, social networks and technology in general. The main idea of this series is to capture the characters wit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

It felt like heaven to flirt with hell, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
It felt like heaven to flirt with hell, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

It felt like heaven to flirt with hell, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Esteban Vera

Located in Yardley, PA

This new series aims to raise awareness about the interaction between people, social networks and technology in general. The main idea of this series is to capture the characters wit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled

Charles Houghton HowardUntitled, 1935

$55,000

H 12.88 in W 20.88 in

Untitled

By Charles Houghton Howard

Located in New York, NY

Howard understood his works as steps in a process of psychological self-discovery: “They are in fact all portraits of the same general subject, of the same idea, carried as far as I ...

Category

20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite

Excavation
Excavation

Excavation

By Charles Houghton Howard

Located in New York, NY

Howard understood his works as steps in a process of psychological self-discovery: “They are in fact all portraits of the same general subject, of the same idea, carried as far as I ...

Category

20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Charles Houghton HowardUntitled, 1936

$55,000

H 11.5 in W 17.5 in

Untitled

By Charles Houghton Howard

Located in New York, NY

Howard understood his works as steps in a process of psychological self-discovery: “They are in fact all portraits of the same general subject, of the same idea, carried as far as I ...

Category

20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Graphite

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