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Bruce McColl Signed Postmodern Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media on Canvas 1989

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A postmodern abstract expressionist mixed-media oil painting on canvas by Bruce McColl. Signed and dated 8-89 on verso. An energetic painting with expressive colored brushstrokes. Written on the painting "hearts throttled violets hands" along with an excerpt from a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley. There are elements of the graffiti street art movements in this composition with inspirations pulled from expressionist artists such as Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. From a private collection. Dimensions: 50"h x 53"w x 1.5"d (stretched, unframed). In very good vintage condition. Bruce McColl (1966- ) attended Cranbrook School and received his BA from Brown University in 1988. In 1994, Bruce was awarded an MFA in painting from Wayne State University where he studied with noted figurative painter Robert Wilbert. Following his graduate studies, Bruce was an instructor of fine art at Tabor Academy, MA, and an instructor of art and art history at Bristol Community College in Fall River, MA. Between 2005 and 2014, Bruce was the Director of the Currier Museum Art Center. A recent graduate of the National Guild's Community Arts Education Leadership Institute, today Bruce is the Director of Engagement at the Currier Museum of Art where he oversees education and fundraising. In 2018, recognizing its impactful community service in arts education the Currier Museum was awarded the Citizens Bank Champions in Action Award for New Hampshire. Since 2010, Bruce has been the subject of multiple solo exhibitions including those at AVA in Lebanon, NH, and the Alva de Mars Chapel Art Center, St. Anselm College, in Manchester, NH. In 2014, Bruce was the subject of a solo exhibition "Flowers, Orchards and Mountains: Paintings by Bruce McColl" at McGowan Fine Art. In 2017, Bruce exhibited new paintings in "The Color of Seasons" at McGowan Fine Art and highlights of 15 years of paintings and drawings in "Bruce McColl: In Full Bloom" at Southern New Hampshire University. Bruce has been awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, two Fellowships in Painting from “ArtWorks!” in New Bedford, MA, and two residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH; Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH; and, Union College in Schenectady, NY.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 50 in (127 cm)Width: 53 in (134.62 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    1980-1989
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1989
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Keego Harbor, MI
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2715341547402

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