"Cake" Oil on Paper Bags by Gary Komarin
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"Cake" Oil on Paper Bags by Gary Komarin
About the Item
- Creator:Gary Komarin (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 51 in (129.54 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:21st Century
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- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU78362558902
Gary Komarin
A forerunner of the post-painterly abstraction movement, contemporary artist Gary Komarin approaches each composition with a pure openness to inspiration. With every brushstroke, he builds a visual interpretation of his mindset in that moment, never knowing what he's going to paint next. Komarin asserts that, for him, "the best paintings are the paintings that paint themselves."
Komarin invites risk into his abstract work, and employs daring in every element of his pieces. From his adventurous deployment of spackle and house paint as mediums to his playful use of color and imperfect lines, he pulls forms from a backdrop of consciousness, rather than merely delivering images to a surface. He enjoys instilling a child's sense of wonder into his abstractions and still-lifes, invoking a toddler's experience of "seeing things without knowing what they are."
Born in New York City, Komarin is the son of a Czech architect and Austrian author. He attended art school at Boston University, where painter Phillip Guston became a mentor. Much of Komarin's work nods to Guston, without mimicking or replicating the latter’s signature cartoonish style.
Komarin has exhibited in the United States, Asia, the United Kingdom and throughout continental Europe. In 1996, his work was included in an exhibition at 41 Green Street in New York. He has received numerous awards, including the New York Foundation for the Arts grant in painting, the Joan Mitchell Prize in Painting and the Edward Albee Foundation Fellowship. Komarin lives in rural Connecticut, where he continues to create new work.
Find original Gary Komarin paintings, drawings and mixed media works on 1stDibs.
- Gary Komarin “White Cake on Purple”, acrylic on paper, 1997By Gary KomarinLocated in Hampstead, QCGary Komarin (b. 1951) belongs to the generation of post-painterly abstract artists alongside such notable artists as Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Helen Frankenthaler and Ellsworth ...Category
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- Gary Komarin “Untitled Black Vessel on Gray”, acrylic on paper, 2000By Gary KomarinLocated in Hampstead, QCGary Komarin (b. 1951) belongs to the generation of post-painterly abstract artists alongside such notable artists as Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Helen Frankenthaler and Ellsworth ...Category
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1990s American Post-Modern Paintings
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- Gary Komarin “Untitled Green Vessel on Yellow Green”, acrylic on paper, 2000By Gary KomarinLocated in Hampstead, QCGary Komarin (b. 1951) belongs to the generation of post-painterly abstract artists alongside such notable artists as Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Helen Frankenthaler and Ellsworth ...Category
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MaterialsAcrylic, Paper
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