2015
To capture weightlessness, movement and emotion in a single, gestural brushstroke required transgender artist James Nares to reimagine her entire art-making process. In addition to suspending herself above the canvas, Nares also created her own calligraphic brushes and paint, practicing meticulous strokes over and over until finally achieving that perfect swipe.
Dubbed an “action painter” and a “scientific painter,” Nares’ process is the result of years of researching, testing and expanding on her style. Nares moved to New York City in 1974 after studying at the Chelsea College of Art. As she is also a musician, Nares fell into the city’s “no wave” scene — a brief avant-garde music and visual art movement concentrated in downtown Manhattan. The experimentation with noise, and dissonance that became popular among no wave artists likely informed Nares’ art style and fueled her passion for creative experimentation throughout the 1980s.
Nares is represented by the Kasmin Gallery, which has exhibited her work since 1991. The artist’s solo exhibitions include 2014’s “High Speed Drawings” and 2013’s “Road Paint Paintings.” The latter featured works that Nares created with thermoplastic paint — the same type of paint that is used on tarmacs and roads. Her work is part of the collections of the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Whitney Museum of American Art. The Milwaukee Art Museum staged a retrospective on Nares in 2019.
While primarily known for her artwork, Nares' film projects have been part of solo exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and presented at the 2008 Anthology Film Archives in New York and at the New York IFC Center in 2011.
On 1stDibs, find authentic James Nares prints, drawings and paintings.
$15,000
H 59 in W 83 in
"Fast Sketch Still Life With Abstract" signed serigraph by artist Tom Wesselmann
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Fast Sketch Still Life with Abstract" abstract serigraph of a bowl of fruit with flower by artist Tom Wesselmann. Published by International Images. Printed by Steve Maiorano, Scree...
Screen
$5,000
H 43.75 in W 33 in D 1.5 in
Alfred Jensen, Duality Triumphant I, 1963 Signed/N, GE Art Collection, Framed
By Alfred Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Alfred Jensen Duality Triumphant I (Mid Century Modern Geometric Abstraction), 1963 Color Silkscreen on wove paper Pencil signed, dated, named and number 19/52 by Alfred Jensen on th...
Screen
$3,000
H 27 in W 35 in
Passionate Winner, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Kazuo Shiraga
By Kazuo Shiraga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kazuo Shiraga Title: Passionate Winner Year: 1988 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Image: 21.75 x 28.25 inches Paper Size: 27 x 35 inches
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Cape Cod Interior, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Seong Moy
By Seong Moy
Located in Long Island City, NY
This bright screenprint was created by Chinese American artist Seong Moy (1921-2013). Throughout his career, Moy imbued his prints with the same energy and liberating attitude. This ...
Screen
$850
H 32 in W 37 in D 0.1 in
Triangle Y, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Arnold Hoffmann
By Arnold Hoffmann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arnold Hoffman, Jr., American (1915 - 1991) Title: Triangle Y Year: circa 1970 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 10/50...
Screen
$750
H 37.5 in W 26 in
Ready Answer, Abstract Conceptual Screenprint by William Schwedler
By William Schwedler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Along with several other of his abstract geometric prints, William Schwedler's fusion of tropical, bright background colors with major angular forms at the center of the composition ...
Screen
$950
H 33 in W 26 in
Deep Down (Orange), Geometric Pop Art Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick
By Nicholas Krushenick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Nicholas Krushenick, American (1929 - 1999) Title: Deep Down (Orange) Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200; AP 30 Image Size: 30 x 23.5...
Screen
$750
H 40 in W 26 in
Hawaiian Flowers, Abstract Screenprint by William Schwedler
By William Schwedler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Along with several other of his abstract geometric prints, William Schwedler's fusion of tropical, bright background colors with major angular forms at the center of the composition brings the scene to life. Hawaiian Flowers...
Screen
$3,000
H 33.25 in W 26.25 in D 2.25 in
"Untitled" serigraph and collage by Max Bill from the "Kinderstern" portfolio
By Max Bill
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" geometric abstract multi-color serigraph and collage by artist Max Bill from the "Kinderstern" portfolio, published in 1989 by Edition Domberger to raise money to house families of children hospitalized with cancer. Hand-numbered 66/100 in lower left corner. Hand-signed bill...
Screen
$1,400
H 28 in W 38 in D 0.1 in
Untitled, Large Abstract Lithograph with Screenprint by Claire Seidl
By Claire Seidl
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Claire Seidl Title: Untitled Year: 1986 Medium: Lithograph and Screenprint, Signed and numbered in Pencil Edition: 65 Paper Size: 28 x 38 inches (70.12 x 96.52 cm)
Screen, Lithograph
A Book of Silkscreen Prints 1973-76 (2nd Edition)
By Robert Mangold
Located in New York, NY
Associated with the Minimalist art movement of the 1960s, Mangold developed a reductive vocabulary based on geometric forms, monochromatic color, and an emphasis on the flatness of t...
Screen
Untitled I, II, III
By Robert Mangold
Located in New York, NY
numbered and signed lower margin S&S Cat. no. 2007.01 edition 6/30 Published by Simmelink/Sukimoto Editions, Kingston, New York Associated with the Minimalist art movement of the 1...
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled
By Robert Mangold
Located in New York, NY
Associated with the Minimalist art movement of the 1960s, Mangold developed a reductive vocabulary based on geometric forms, monochromatic color, and an emphasis on the flatness of t...
Woodcut
Untitled I
By Thomas Nozkowski
Located in New York, NY
For over thirty years, Nozkowski has practiced his own form of idiosyncratic abstraction, foregoing a signature style or subject matter in favor of seemingly limitless variations in ...
Color, Linocut, Woodcut
Untitled (A)
By Thomas Nozkowski
Located in New York, NY
Thomas Nozkowski (b. 1944, Teaneck, New Jersey; d. 2019, New York) was recognized for his richly colored and intimately scaled abstract paintings, drawings, and prints that push the...
Color, Aquatint
Untitled #2
By Thomas Nozkowski
Located in New York, NY
For over thirty years, Nozkowski has practiced his own form of idiosyncratic abstraction, foregoing a signature style or subject matter in favor of seemingly limitless variations in ...
Aquatint
