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.
Fountain
By James Nares
Located in New York, NY
James Nares Fountain, 1987 Monotype on paper Hand signed and dated lower front Unique Frame included Measurements: Framed 41.5 by 34 inches Work 30.25 by 22.25 inches Dazzling Jame...
Monotype
$15,000
H 37 in W 29.25 in D 1.25 in
Jamie Nares -Original flower monotype (unique, hand signed) Framed, de-accession
By James Nares
Located in New York, NY
James Nares Untitled flower monotype, 1988 Monotype on hand made paper Pencil signed and dated by James Nares on the lower right front Frame included: floated in the original wood fr...
Handmade Paper, Monotype
$5,500
H 33.5 in W 25 in D 1.5 in
Jamie Nares, When the Language was Young. lithograph on polymer, signed/N Framed
Located in New York, NY
Jamie Nares When the Language was Young, 2010 Lithograph in red on polymer Pencil signed, dated and numbered 13/50 lower front Lithograph in red on acrylic Pencil signed, dated and ...
Plastic, Mixed Media, Lithograph
Sound of Rain, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Suz Shippey Borski
Located in Yardley, PA
Listening to the rain in my studio while painting this piece, enchanting. The color green relates to balance and harmony. From a color psychology perspective, it is the great balancer of the heart and the emotions, creating equilibrium between the head and the heart. From a color perspective, green is also the color of growth, the color of spring, of renewal and rebirth. It renews and restores depleted energy. It is the sanctuary away from the stresses of modern living, restoring us back to a sense of well being. The blue is the rain and a certain calm/peace. Making art out of emptiness - what emerges is a gift. Artistry is a dynamic flow that opens the world to oneness - we are all connected. This fresh artwork is influenced by Asian Brush painting...
Acrylic
Blue Senses XII, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Naoko Paluszak
Located in Yardley, PA
This is "Blue Senses XII",small abstract acrylic painting on Gallery wrapped canvas. This painting measures 20 x 16 inches and is painted in the style of Abstract expressionism. The ...
Acrylic
Blue Senses XII, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Naoko Paluszak
Located in Yardley, PA
This is "Blue Senses XII",small abstract acrylic painting on Gallery wrapped canvas. This painting measures 20 x 16 inches and is painted in the style of Abstract expressionism. The ...
Acrylic
Storm - Abstract Painting
By David Tobey
Located in New York, NY
The painting is unframed, acrylic on canvas. About the Artwork: The crashing of stormy waves. About the Artist: As a visual artist David has been painting and sculpting most of his life. He is also a Julliard trained violinist. David combines his love of music to create a bond between his two passions. His paintings and prints have been featured in many publications such as the New York Times and Art in America. 25 of his paintings are featured in the book “Beyond Faith.” David has had many one man show and group shows in Chelsea, Soho and in Westchester. His paintings of 9/11 “Fallen Angels” was acquired by The George Bush presidential Library. His painting has benefited The Julliard School, the American Cancer Society, The National Scholastic Chess Foundation and the Westchester Philharmonic. Surrealism, Mythical Oil Painting...
Canvas, Acrylic
9.1 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
9.1 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on paper - Unframed Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and the anima...
Paper, Gouache
9.1 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
9.1 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on paper - Unframed Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and the anima...
Paper, Gouache
$525
H 42 in W 15.5 in
Blue Swirl 2 - Large Scale Abstract Flowy Minimalist Ink Painting on Paper
By Bettina Mauel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media
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
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 #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
Untitled II
By Thomas Nozkowski
Located in New York, NY
linocut printed in 25 colors on Hahnemuhle paper For over thirty years, Nozkowski has practiced his own form of idiosyncratic abstraction, foregoing a signature style or subject mat...
Linocut
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
