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Michele Zalopany Art

American, b. 1955
Born in 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, Michele Zalopany is a contemporary American artist best known for her large-scale watercolor and pastel paintings based on photographs found in digital picture collections, old books, and flea markets, etc. Found photographs and film screen shots that had originally served other purposes -- family snapshots, police photos, real estate, travel documentation -- when rendered, directly from the image, with traditional art materials, take on additional meanings, such as socio-psychological-political content. She resides in New York City. She exhibited in the 1989 Whitney Biennial and her work is included in more than 25 institutions including the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Yokohama Museum, Japan; Royal College of Art, London.
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Artist: Michele Zalopany
Baseball Game: realist large-scale black and white drawing of sports game
Baseball Game: realist large-scale black and white drawing of sports game

Baseball Game: realist large-scale black and white drawing of sports game

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

This print depicts a baseball game mid-play. An umpire crouches with his hand up, and the batter stands poised. In the lower right, spectators peer onto the field. The awning of the stadium, silhouetted in black, cuts lines across the top of the composition, rising over a hillside crowded with homes. This finely-drawn lithograph features Zalopany's characteristic mastery of light and shadow, from the delicate texture of the field, to the spectators backlit in shadow. The composition of Baseball Game was taken from a page in an old picture book, depicting a downtown section of Caracas, Venezuela that is home to a number of Art Deco buildings, all built in the 1950's. Found images are a regular inspiration for Zalopany's large-scale realism. This print calls additionally on Zalopany's regular depiction of nature contrasted with the man-made: here, a behemoth stadium rises beside rolling hills, themselves punctuated with more buildings than trees. This contrast is enhanced by the use of textured, delicate handmade paper, which lends warmth to this dramatic black-and-white drawing. Image 37.5 x 28 in. / 95.25 x 71.2 cm. Paper 51 x 36 in. / 131 x 93 cm. Lithograph on Korean kozo paper. Edition 70. Signed by the artist lower right in pencil, numbered lower center in pencil. Born in 1955 in Detroit Michigan, Michele Zalopany is a contemporary American artist best known for her large-scale watercolor and pastel paintings based on photographs found in digital picture collections, old books, and flea markets, etc. Found photographs and film screen shots that had originally served other purposes -- family snapshots, police photos...

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1980s Contemporary Michele Zalopany Art

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Lithograph

Volcano by Michele Zalopany black and white large scale landscape painting
Volcano by Michele Zalopany black and white large scale landscape painting

Volcano by Michele Zalopany black and white large scale landscape painting

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

Executed in black, grey and brown, this monumental charcoal and pastel painting conveys the mythic drama and beauty of an active volcano. Rising in the shape of a wide, low cone, the...

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1980s Realist Michele Zalopany Art

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Charcoal, Pastel

Teatro Junín, Caracas, Venezuela: black white city neon lights night landscape
Teatro Junín, Caracas, Venezuela: black white city neon lights night landscape

Teatro Junín, Caracas, Venezuela: black white city neon lights night landscape

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

Striking, large, black and white city landscape in South America at night. A couple strolls towards the neon lights of a vintage 1950's theater, reflected in the wet sidewalk, with palm trees and tropical plants. Hand painted monotype ink creates a dramatic, film noir painting...

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1980s Contemporary Michele Zalopany Art

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Monotype

Temple by Michele Zalopany, Burmese temple charcoal and pastel landscape
Temple by Michele Zalopany, Burmese temple charcoal and pastel landscape

Temple by Michele Zalopany, Burmese temple charcoal and pastel landscape

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

This black and white charcoal and pastel painting features a Burmese temple landscape. Rising from clouds of gnarled trees, the temple’s triangular shape thins to a pointed dome, wit...

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1980s Realist Michele Zalopany Art

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Charcoal, Pastel

Temptation to Exist: black and white landscape of swimmers in pool
Temptation to Exist: black and white landscape of swimmers in pool

Temptation to Exist: black and white landscape of swimmers in pool

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

Black and white cityscape or landscape with swimmers bathing with friends in a large pool or body of water. This monotype -- a unique painting in ink -- presents an atmospheric scene of European leisure and sports. Paper 35 x 26 in. / 90 x 66 cm. Monotype on white MBM Ingres d'Arches paper. Signed by the artist, annotated "IA", and dated 1990 lower right in pencil. This large monotype depicts a group of young men swimming...

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1990s Contemporary Michele Zalopany Art

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Monotype

Bridge: black and white minimalist architectural monotype painting
Bridge: black and white minimalist architectural monotype painting

Bridge: black and white minimalist architectural monotype painting

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

Paper 44 x 30 in. / Paper 112 x 76 cm Monotype on white paper. Signed by the artist and dated 1989 lower right in pencil. Annotated G verso. Condition is as new except for a small ...

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1980s Contemporary Michele Zalopany Art

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Monotype

Landscape: abstract black, white, green and grey American West landscape
Landscape: abstract black, white, green and grey American West landscape

Landscape: abstract black, white, green and grey American West landscape

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

Dramatic, large scale black, white, green and grey Western American landscape with river, grassy banks, trees, and rolling clouds filling the sky. Hang in minimalist, modern, and con...

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1980s Contemporary Michele Zalopany Art

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Monotype

Children: black and white drawing of Christmas holiday winter scene
Children: black and white drawing of Christmas holiday winter scene

Children: black and white drawing of Christmas holiday winter scene

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

Image 12.5 x 19 in. / 32 x 48 cm Paper 28 x 38 in. / 72 x 98 cm Lithograph on smooth, handmade white paper, with pale yellow watercolor border. Edition 30: this impression 22/30...

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1980s Contemporary Michele Zalopany Art

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Lithograph, Watercolor

Temptation to Exist: waterscape Monotype painting of swimmers city landscape
Temptation to Exist: waterscape Monotype painting of swimmers city landscape

Temptation to Exist: waterscape Monotype painting of swimmers city landscape

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

Color cityscape and landscape with swimmers bathing with friends in a large sapphire blue pool or body of water. This monotype -- a unique painting in ink -- presents an atmospheric scene of European leisure and sports. Turquoise water contrasts with the swimmer's bodies, painted with shades of peach, with black outlines. Paper 35 x 26 in. / 90 x 66 cm. Monotype on white MBM Ingres d'Arches paper. Signed by the artist, annotated "IIC", and dated 1990 lower right in pencil. This large, multi-color monotype depicts a group of young men swimming...

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1990s Contemporary Michele Zalopany Art

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Monotype

Theater

Michele ZalopanyTheater, 1997

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Theater

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

Michele Zalopany was born in Detroit, Michigan. She attended the Columbus College of Art and Design from 1973 to 1974 and the Cleveland Institute of Art from 1976 to 1978. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in 1981. Through her labor-intensive mezzotints, Zalopany employs realism to depict fictitious scenes, bearing witness to the disintegration of what was once the fulcrum of the American economy in Detroit. Zalopany’s work is widely represented in many public and private collections in the United States and in Europe including The National Gallery of Art, The Yokohama Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Walker Art Center, The Museum of Fine Art in Boston, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Royal College of Art in London, and numerous others. Her work has been exhibited in galleries that include P.P.O.W., John Good...

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1990s Contemporary Michele Zalopany Art

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Mezzotint

Train Station

Train Station

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

Michele Zalopany was born in Detroit, Michigan. She attended the Columbus College of Art and Design from 1973 to 1974 and the Cleveland Institute of Art from 1976 to 1978. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in 1981. Through her labor-intensive mezzotints, Zalopany employs realism to depict fictitious scenes, bearing witness to the disintegration of what was once the fulcrum of the American economy in Detroit. Zalopany’s work is widely represented in many public and private collections in the United States and in Europe including The National Gallery of Art, The Yokohama Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Walker Art Center, The Museum of Fine Art in Boston, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Royal College of Art in London, and numerous others. Her work has been exhibited in galleries that include P.P.O.W., John Good...

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1990s Contemporary Michele Zalopany Art

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Mezzotint

Ship

Michele ZalopanyShip, 2000

$720Sale Price|20% Off

Ship

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

Michele Zalopany was born in Detroit, Michigan. She attended the Columbus College of Art and Design from 1973 to 1974 and the Cleveland Institute of Art from 1976 to 1978. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in 1981. Through her labor-intensive mezzotints, Zalopany employs realism to depict fictitious scenes, bearing witness to the disintegration of what was once the fulcrum of the American economy in Detroit. Zalopany’s work is widely represented in many public and private collections in the United States and in Europe including The National Gallery of Art, The Yokohama Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Walker Art Center, The Museum of Fine Art in Boston, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Royal College of Art in London, and numerous others. Her work has been exhibited in galleries that include P.P.O.W., John Good...

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1990s Contemporary Michele Zalopany Art

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Mezzotint

Lake

Michele ZalopanyLake, 1996

$400Sale Price|20% Off

Lake

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

Michele Zalopany was born in Detroit, Michigan. She attended the Columbus College of Art and Design from 1973 to 1974 and the Cleveland Institute of Art from 1976 to 1978. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in 1981. Through her labor-intensive mezzotints, Zalopany employs realism to depict fictitious scenes, bearing witness to the disintegration of what was once the fulcrum of the American economy in Detroit. Zalopany’s work is widely represented in many public and private collections in the United States and in Europe including The National Gallery of Art, The Yokohama Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Walker Art Center, The Museum of Fine Art in Boston, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Royal College of Art in London, and numerous others. Her work has been exhibited in galleries that include P.P.O.W., John Good...

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1990s Contemporary Michele Zalopany Art

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Mezzotint

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