Keith Coventry Art

British, b. 1958

Keith Coventry was born in Burnley in 1958, and continues to live and work in London. He attended Brighton Polytechnic Academy from 1978-1981 and the Chelsea School of Art London from 1981-1982. Coventry’s first solo exhibition was at the Karsten Schubert gallery in 1992. Charles Saatchi was an early advocate and collector. Coventry was featured in Young British Artists V (1995) at Saatchi’s gallery in St. John’s Wood. Coventry was also included in the Sensation exhibition of 1997 at the Royal Academy (RA), where he was exposed to a wider audience. In 2006, Glasgow’s Tramway Arts Centre held a mid-career retrospective to honour Coventry’s work. Since then, he has exhibited in London, Zurich, Berlin and Seoul. Coventry was a co-founder and curator of City Racing, a not-for-profit gallery in Kennington which gave artists such as Sarah Lucas, Gillian Wearing and Fiona Banner early exposure. Coventry was later celebrated in the book City Racing, The Life and Times of an Artist Run Gallery. Coventry is known for his interest in art history and how that filters into the artistic process, saying in 2008: ‘I look at the history of art, and I look at a social issue and I combine them.’ He later said: ‘the social issue re-empowers modernism. If you attach it to a piece of art history, it becomes alive again.’ This interest in the overlap between art, social issue and the history of art’s relationship with social issues can be traced through all Coventry’s series beginning with Coventry’s famed Estate Paintings, which combine homage to Kasimir Malevich’s supremacist paintings, yet Coventry’s geometric style and blood red pigments make the concepts wholly original and new. Coventry’s Estate Paintings are in fact true replicas of the maps showing the layout of buildings on British housing estates; blending the social issue, the history of representation and his own artistic style and agenda seemingly effortlessly into his art. His series are unique and independent, yet all imbued with something of Coventry’s interest in this junction between social history and art. Coventry’s work features in many public collections. Including the Tate Gallery, London, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD). In 2009, the Arts Council England acquired a large number of works from his ‘Crack City Series’ to exhibit publically.

Europe

21st Century and Contemporary

2010s

Dimensions

Returnable Items Only

Keith CoventryHoly Zeus, 2016

$5,696

Holy Zeus

By Keith Coventry

Located in London, GB

Keith Coventry Holy Zeus , 2016 Signed on verso Mixed Media 15 x 20 cm 5.9 x 7.9 inches Keith Coventry’s paintings and sculptures filter everyday subject matter—the British Monarchy...

Category

2010s Contemporary Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Keith CoventryBerwick Tower, 2008

$2,064

Berwick Tower

By Keith Coventry

Located in London, GB

Copper and Silk Etching on Somerset gsm Edition of 50 Signed, titled and numbered 61 x 48.5 cm 2008

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Etching

Mary WeatherfordThe Robot, 2018

$4,200

H 35.25 in W 28.5 in

The Robot

By Mary Weatherford

Located in Houston, TX

Mary Weatherford The Robot, 2018 Spit bite aquatint on gampi paper chine collé 35 1/4 x 28 1/2 in (89.5 x 72.4 cm) Edition of 25

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Aquatint

Jorge CastilloBlack and White Abstract Figurative Etching Edition 98/200, 1975

$900

H 30.63 in W 38.5 in D 1.5 in

Black and White Abstract Figurative Etching Edition 98/200

By Jorge Castillo

Located in Houston, TX

Monochromatic abstract figurative etching by Spanish painter Jorge Castillo. The piece depicts an abstract landscape overlooking an empty view from what appears to be a cave. Figures...

Category

1970s Abstract Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Etching

Howard HodgkinThinking Aloud in the Museum of Modern Art, Hodgkin, abstract black and white, 1979

$2,850

H 30 in W 40 in

Thinking Aloud in the Museum of Modern Art, Hodgkin, abstract black and white

By Howard Hodgkin

Located in New York, NY

Large scale black and white abstract interior scene with dots, lines, brushstrokes, paint daubs, fingerprints, squares and rectangles, and hand painting in grey. Hang in contemporary...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Etching

Harry HoehnAbstract Expressionist Etching by Harry Hoehn, c1963

$1,100

H 21.5 in W 27 in

Abstract Expressionist Etching by Harry Hoehn, c1963

By Harry Hoehn

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Harry Hoehn, American (1917 - 1974) Title: Untitled Year: circa 1963 Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 18/50 Image Size: 17.5 x 23 inches ...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

Amber GoldhammerMy Vacation Plans - Large Original Painting Colorful Abstract Landscape Artwork, 2024

$3,050

H 40 in W 60 in

My Vacation Plans - Large Original Painting Colorful Abstract Landscape Artwork

By Amber Goldhammer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Amber Goldhammer’s “My Vacation Plans” is a stunning 40-inch tall by 60-inch wide graffiti-inspired abstract painting, blending a captivating landscape with her iconic overlay of han...

Category

2010s Contemporary Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Valerie Huhn3D book sculpture: 'On Earth we're Briefly Gorgeous'

$1,350

H 8.25 in W 11 in D 3 in

3D book sculpture: 'On Earth we're Briefly Gorgeous'

By Valerie Huhn

Located in New York, NY

Fingerprints were once used as a symbolic action of pride, but in our society they have become a passive action—we are fingerprinted. We can use our fingerprints to unlock the data ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Piero DorazioBlue Composition - Original Aquatint by Piero Dorazio - 1984, 1984

$530

H 13.67 in W 19.57 in D 0.08 in

Blue Composition - Original Aquatint by Piero Dorazio - 1984

By Piero Dorazio

Located in Roma, IT

Aquatint on watermarked paper, hand-signed and hand-numbered in pencil on lower margin by Piero Dorazio. Edition of 55 prints. Wonderful contemporary and abstract blue composition ...

Category

1980s Abstract Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Aquatint

Barry NelsonBaronian I, Abstract Geometric Aquatint Etching by Barry Nelson, 1983

$850

H 29.5 in W 41 in

Baronian I, Abstract Geometric Aquatint Etching by Barry Nelson

By Barry Nelson

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Barry Nelson, British/American (1937 - ) Title: Baronian I Year: 1983 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed in pencil Edition: AP Size: 29.5 in. x 41 in. (74.93 cm x 104.14 cm)

Category

1980s Abstract Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Melissa MeyerLove Me Tender. color etching, hand signed EP 2/3 abstract expressionist print, 2003

$1,800

H 27 in W 25 in

Love Me Tender. color etching, hand signed EP 2/3 abstract expressionist print

By Melissa Meyer

Located in New York, NY

Melissa Meyer Love Me Tender, 2003 Color etching on wove paper Pencil signed and numbered from the edition of 30 on the front 27 inches × 25 inches Edit...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Etching

Bruce NaumanUntitled by Bruce Nauman abstract black and white drypoint etching 70s, 1973

$1,500

H 36.5 in W 27.5 in

Untitled by Bruce Nauman abstract black and white drypoint etching 70s

By Bruce Nauman

Located in New York, NY

A moody, evocative black and white abstract etching by pioneer Bruce Nauman. Bruce Nauman (born December 6, 1941) is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media inc...

Category

1970s Abstract Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

Terri FraserWall sculpture: 'Raven', 2022

$1,620

H 19 in W 17 in D 12 in

Wall sculpture: 'Raven'

By Terri Fraser

Located in New York, NY

As an artist, I am a storyteller wielding visual art as my medium. My creative journey is fueled by a relentless thirst for knowledge acquired through both hands-on experience and ke...

Category

2010s Contemporary Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Steel, Wire

Michiyoshi DeguchiL'aurore hivernale, Abstract Signed and Dated Etching Michiyoshi Deguchi, 1975

$1,100

H 22.25 in W 15 in

L'aurore hivernale, Abstract Signed and Dated Etching Michiyoshi Deguchi

Located in Long Island City, NY

Delicate winter dawn etching by Michiyoshi Deguchi capturing hushed morning light with extraordinary sensitivity. A contemplative minimalist work of landscape art for discerning coll...

Category

1970s Abstract Keith Coventry Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

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