By Robert Kushner
Located in Surfside, FL
Ink, acrylic and gold leaf on handmade Japanese paper.
Titled: Canna
Hand signed and dated 1990 lower right,
Paper: 74"H x 37.5"W; Frame: 80"H x 43.5"W.
In vibrant red, black and gold colors.
PROVENANCE: Russell Tether Fine Arts Assoc. to the corporate collection of the J.C. Penney Company.
Robert Kushner, born in 1949, in California, lives in New York, and is a painter and sculptor. He gained attention in the early seventies as a performance artist, using food, fabric and nudity. Kushner was associated with the Pattern and Decoration movement and used fabric collage in large-scale, bold paintings of the figure. Since 1987 he has used flowers as the subject of his paintings, more recently adding a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables to his repertoire. Kushner's use of rich color harmonies and bold, fluid drawing, mark his belief in the importance of beauty in our lives. Kushner draws from a unique range of influences, including Islamic and European textiles, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles Demuth, Pierre Bonnard, Tawaraya Sotatsu, Ito Jakuchu, Qi Baishi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Robert Kushner Paintings
