Michael Hurson Art
American, 1941-2007
Born in Ohio in 1941, and raised in Chicago, Michael Hurson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Art Institute in 1963. Hurson came to prominence after he was included in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 1978 “New Image Painting” exhibition. Including such artists as Jennifer Bartlett, Robert Moskowitz, Susan Rothenberg, and Joe Zucker, the exhibition was considered a landmark return to figuration.
A favorite of New York Times art critic Roberta Smith, Hurson drew with a stylish, satirical energy, imbuing everyday objects such as eyeglasses, pencils, and coat hangers with playfully mythological significance. Hurson frequently paired anthropomorphic objects in his compositions, suggesting a dialogue or narrative between forms. Hurson’s witty, intentionally loose mark-making find a parallel to the style of Phillip Guston, with whom Hurson exhibited on numerous occasions. Hurson often mined art history, experimenting with multi-planed compositions recalling the work of Cubist painters, and producing thoughtfully-sketched interpretations of famous masterpieces such as Georges Seurat’s “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte.”
Hurson’s work is represented in numerous public collections, including those of the Modern, the Whitney, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. He has been represented by Paula Cooper Gallery since 1982.
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Two Columns by Michael Hurson framed abstract with greco roman pillars on stage
By Michael Hurson
Located in New York, NY
In this unique Michael Hurson monotype, stylized Greco-Roman pillars flank a plane of crosshatched and dotted texture in black, brown, and purple ink. The...
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1980s Abstract Michael Hurson Art
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Monoprint, Monotype
Vladimir: Greek column abstract etching and screenprint, handmade paper frame
By Michael Hurson
Located in New York, NY
An abstract black and white shadowbox drawing of a Greek column, with a unique handmade, hand printed, leather brown wood grain frame. According to Roberta Smith, Michael Hurson "......
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Two Columns (framed): colorful pop art abstracted Greek pillars Micheal Hurson
By Michael Hurson
Located in New York, NY
Pop art scene of abstracted Greek pillars and green leaves. Drawings in black and white, pale blue, red and grey compose this colorful print. Layers of p...
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1980s Contemporary Michael Hurson Art
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Lithograph, Screen
American Cubist Gouache & Pastel Portrait Painting of Robert Lerner Chicago 1980
By Michael Hurson
Located in Portland, OR
American cubist portrait painting of the American academic Michael Lerner, by the Modernist artist Michael Hurson (1941-2007).
This whimsical portrait is painted in the cubist style ...
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1980s Cubist Michael Hurson Art
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Pastel, Paper, Gouache, Charcoal, Pencil
Two Columns by Michael Hurson framed abstract with greco roman pillars on stage
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Located in New York, NY
In this unique Michael Hurson monotype, stylized Greco-Roman pillars flank a plane of crosshatched and dotted texture in black, taupe, and grey ink. The f...
Category
1980s Abstract Michael Hurson Art
Materials
Monoprint, Monotype
Two Flies on a Bentwood Chair: colorful rainbow pop art landscape Micheal Hurson
By Michael Hurson
Located in New York, NY
A colorful pop art drawing of a whimsical landscape scene featuring red flowers, green trees, yellow sun, and blue sky and clouds with cubist furniture on a front porch. Two flies converse over bentwood chairs drawn in black, red and white, in this whimsical work by famed New York artist Michael Hurson. Framed in white enamel.
Paper 23.5 x 32.5 in. / 59.5 x 82.5 cm
Frame 27 x 35 x 2 in. / 68.5 x 89 x 5 cm
Two Flies on a Bentwood Chair by Michael Hurson. Lithograph on white paper with silkscreen on plexiglass, in a cream-colored lacquer frame. Edition 70: this impression 56/70. Signed by the artist with initials and numbered 56/70 in pencil lower right. Prepackaged and framed: ready to ship immediately, and ready to hang out of the box.
This mixed-media lithograph with silkscreen portrays the colorful scene of a lush, sun-drenched front porch. Hurson's whimsical play on geometry and three-dimensionality is enhanced by the layers of plexiglass and paper upon which the image is printed. In the center of the composition, printed on the base layer of paper, a bright yellow sun sits atop a liquid, sky-blue background, and a jaunty, crayon-textured cloud. A porch door...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Hurson Art
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
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