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Item Ships From: Atlanta
Man, Child, Landscape
By Robert Jessup
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has been exhibited extensively since 1981 and is in numerous private and public collections including the metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the University of Virginia, the University of Texas, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art. He is a Professor Emeritus from the University of North Texas where he taught painting in the College of Visual Arts and Design from 1991 to 2018. His work is represented by the Conduit Gallery in Dallas, Texas.
In 2019, Jessup and his wife, Faith Scott Jessup, moved to Whidbey Island...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Just Picked by Millie Gosch, Framed Vase of Flowers Oil Still-Life Painting
By Millie Gosch
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece is 12 x 16
Millie Gosch is an avid plein air painter who paints studies from real life and from these studies she creates her beautiful landscape pieces. An expe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Man with Dummy/Wilderness, 2006
By Robert Jessup
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Omega II' - Contemporary Geometric Abstraction Pixelation - Skull - Bosch
By Robert Hightower
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Omega II' is an abstract pointillist painting featuring hues of tan, ocher, green, brown, pink and black.
Robert Hightower is inspired by the work of Giotto, Hieronymus Bosch, Jean-François Millet, Roger Brown, Howard Arkley and Julian Opie.
This piece is a part of a special immersive gallery installation, “The Apocalypse Simulacra,” which is a narrative presentation of the twilight of humanity, at the fulcrum of extinction by Atlanta-based artist Robert Hightower. Through stage-set constructions, readymade plastic models and paintings, Hightower investigates the duality of right/wrong, good/bad, eternal/ephemeral in light of the imminent end of the Human Epoch. It depicts the ideological origins of corporate greed and power, the reality of wealth distribution in the “American Dream,” and the socio-economic and environmental impacts of that collective greed. After receiving a BFA in sculpture from the University of Georgia, Hightower moved to New York City and participated in The Bronx Museum of the Art’s AIM Fellowship (Artist In the Marketplace). While in New York, his interests expanded to include art installation and the creation of spaces, and has since designed and built many unique homes, penthouses and restaurants throughout the United States. Hightower has returned home to Atlanta and will be presenting his most comprehensive body of work to date, “The Apocalypse Simulacra,” a unique universe of beauty, dichotomy and uncertainty.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The 'Apocalypse Simulacra' is a presentation of the twilight of humanity, at the fulcrum of extinction.
The climate is the subject. The Simulacra is the Theme. First discussed by Plato, the Simulacra is the search for Truth in Duality. Developing into Post-Modernism with Nietzsche’s: truth=Truth. Now with Bauvillard, the Simulacra has evolved beyond Post-Modernism, into the wholesale confusion of the real/fake, the true/false… between reality and hyper-reality. This crumbling, confusing of the truth (not necessarily the Truth) is our Reality.
For over two decades, I have created large format paintings of strip malls, suburban houses and toys. These paintings present singular images flattened-out (almost floating) on color-fields. They create a certain duality - a loving portrait of an inanimate object that would not normally be singled-out for affection. With my latest work, I have added a variety of iconic images: an airplane, a whisky bottle, a woman floating in a pool. The icons are presented in a pixelated or degenerated state. In addition to paintings, I have used adult-size building blocks to create sculptures or three-dimensional paintings. Using a child's toy at an adult-scale gives the building blocks an austere and powerful presence. The building blocks echo the blocks of the pixelated paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"From Bridge" - Colorful Abstract Landscape Painting - Diebenkorn
By Katherine Sandoz
Located in Atlanta, GA
From Katherine Sandoz's abstract landscape "Clydesdale" series, this water based media on canvas painting features vibrant blues, greens and pink hues. This abstract, color field lan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
'Parting Gift' - still life - floral, botanical, naturalism, bright colors
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of green, yellow and white.
Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel’s “Turning Towards the Sun” features pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Veuve Pink Dance Collage by Amy Dixon, Abstract Still Life Canvas Painting
By Amy Dixon
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Veuve Pink Dance Art Collage' is a large abstracted acrylic on canvas painting of square format, created by American artist Amy Dixon in 2021. Featuring a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Wonderwheel #4" - Contemporary Aerial Landscape Paintings - Hilma af Klint
By Kate Hooray Osmond
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Wonderwheel #4" features hues of purple, blue and gold.
Kate Hooray Osmond is inspired by the work of Hilma af Klint and Damien Hirst.
Kate Hooray Osmond is an American painter a...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"(sequoia) red creek" - colorful abstract landscape - marsh - Diebenkorn
By Katherine Sandoz
Located in Atlanta, GA
"(sequoia) red creek" is an abstract landscape painting featuring hues of orange, blue, green, purple and yellow.
Katherine Sandoz is inspired by the work of Helen Frankenthaler, Richard Diebenkorn, Morris Louis, Vincent Van Gogh, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell and Neil Welliver.
Katherine Sandoz is a Savannah, Georgia, based multi-disciplinary artist working in painting, fibers, wall treatments...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Marathon Memories" - landscape, country road, impressionism, forest
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of red, yellow and blue. This work is framed 22.75 by 26.75 inches.
David Boyd is inspired by the work of Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and Winslow Homer.
...
Category
2010s Impressionist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
White Roses by Anne Harney, Contemporary Floral Painting with Pink, Blue, Green
By Anne Harney
Located in Atlanta, GA
Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding with a mix of imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Clearing' - abstract landscape - color block - impressionism
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of blue and purple.
Memphis-based painter, Susan Maakestad is attracted to the spaces between things, the unnoticed marginal spaces in the urban landscape. Likewise, as a painter she likes painting in the unsettling place between abstraction and naturalism. Her prosaic subjects have included big box store parking lots; pedestrian crosswalks at urban intersections; webcam traffic footage of midwestern freeways; and the landscape as viewed through municipal security cameras...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Flora #2" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Flora #2" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning and hues of bright yellow, lime green, pink, blue and purple.
Guy Robinson is i...
Category
2010s Surrealist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mini Leaner #7, Contemporary Painted Rainbow Wall Sculpture, Shiny Exotic Wood
By David E. Peterson
Located in Dallas, TX
David E. Peterson is a Painter, Sculptor, and Deconstructive Designer. His "Leaner" series are stunning and will add a contemporary feel to any space. Peterson sources each exotic wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Resin, Wood, Acrylic
'Gang of Four' - collage portrait, bright colors, abstract, pop, risograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
This abstract collage portrait features hues of yellow, green, pink and black.
This work is 30 by 20 inches unframed and 35 by 27 inches framed.
Colombian-born, Atlanta-based artist Esteban Patino...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper
"Bedside Bear", 1998
By Robert Jessup
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape 679
By Brian Hibbard
Located in Atlanta, GA
My paintings and sculptures bridge ancient and modern sensibilities. The subjects are often classical figures and portraits, but my use of materials is pure expressionism. I am mos...
Category
2010s Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Moonlit Musings by Judith Williams black and white ballerina on paper
By Judith Williams
Located in Atlanta, GA
Judith Williams’ Moonlit Musings evokes a dreamlike moment of introspection. This charcoal drawing features soft shadows and flowing lines that suggest movement, memory, and quiet th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Memorie Imperiali: Costantino, 2014
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he disp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Floral #5" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Floral #5" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning, and hues of vibrant blue, orange, supple pink, rich black, lilac, and bright ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Veuve Art Collage by Amy Dixon, Abstract Still Life Acrylic on Canvas Painting
By Amy Dixon
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Veuve Art Collage' is a large abstracted acrylic on canvas painting of square format, created by American artist Amy Dixon in 2021. Featuring a vibrant pale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dainty
Located in Atlanta, GA
My paintings accentuate colour and pattern. Lately, I have introduced representation by means of flowers in vases, most recently
including them within interior spaces. I am intereste...
Category
2010s Modern Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tonic with Gin
Located in Atlanta, GA
Scott French has over 30 years of painting experience. His work focuses on figures, landscapes, and recently, cocktails. Known for his painterly and expressive style, French uses ric...
Category
2010s Modern Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whiskey Tango
Located in Atlanta, GA
Scott French has over 30 years of painting experience. His work focuses on figures, landscapes, and recently, cocktails. Known for his painterly and expressive style, French uses ric...
Category
2010s Land Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Overview' - abstract landscape - color block - impressionism - stripes
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of red, yellow, blue and purple. This piece is framed in a light blue-grey wooden framed measuring 13 by 18 inches.
Memphis-based painter, Susan Maakesta...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink Peonies by Anne Harney, Contemporary Floral Painting with Black and Blue
By Anne Harney
Located in Atlanta, GA
Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding with a mix of imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Les Deux Soeurs
By François LEGRAND
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in 1951, François Legrand was introduced to painting as a teenager by Philippe Lejeune in Etampes.
In 1973, he moved to Loiret. From 1974 to 197...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rouen Cathedral
Located in Atlanta, GA
A passion for horses, equestrian pursuits, and painting define Brooke Major's life and career. A native of Atlanta, GA, Brooke Major has been living and working as a professional art...
Category
2010s Modern Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Conduit I" - Nature-based abstract painting - Joan Mitchell
By Cynthia Knapp
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Conduit I" is an abstract painting featuring hues of red, green, orange, blue and white.
Cynthia Knapp is inspired by the works of Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler and Grace Harti...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Flora #14" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Flora #14" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning and hues of blue, black, green, white and yellow.
Guy Robinson is inspired by ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pasture with Cows
By Rémy Cogghe
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Mouscron in the Belgian province of Hainaut, Cogghe attended the Academy of Roubaix where he studied under Constantin Mils. In 1876, Cogghe was admitted to the École Nation...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Flora #12" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Flora #12" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning and hues of blue, pink, orange, green and white.
Guy Robinson is inspired by t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Flora #3" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Flora #3" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning and hues of bright yellow, lime green, pale pink, light blue and yellow ochre.
...
Category
2010s Surrealist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
'Blackburian Warbler' - bird - black and white - Audubon
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Blackburian Warbler" is a black and white artwork made from asphalt on cement and plaster mounted on wood panel.
Atlanta-based artist, Tim Hunter’s work stems from his love of nature and concern for the environment. In 2003 he began working primarily with images of birds as an expression of his spiritual connection with nature. After reading an article about the declining bird populations in Georgia, he turned his focus to environmental issues. An avid bird watcher, Tim also experienced the heavily wooded area he grew up in, slowly reduced to shopping malls and subdivisions. He uses asphalt and cement to create his works which refer to the loss of habitat due to human expansion, which is one of the main causes of declining bird populations. His silhouettes are taken from Audubon’s series “Birds of America” which references a period in the past when the bird populations in America were more abundant. Tim received a BFA in printmaking from California College of Arts, Oakland, CA and an MFA in painting from Georgia State...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Mixed Media
Around the House
Located in Atlanta, GA
"I grew up as the middle of five kids. We would yearly visit my grandmother in Alabama and later in Tennessee. She was an artist and her house was full of paintings, which was format...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Re-Gifted No. 2" - Non-Objective Paper Collage - Abstract - Diebenkorn
By Aimée Farnet Siegel
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Re-Gifted No. 2" is an artist painted & found paper collage featuring hues of brown, black and white. This work is framed at 34 by 28 inches.
Aimée Farnet Siegel is inspired by the...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Pumpkin Heart" - Contemporary Realism - Still Life - Manet
By Marc Chatov
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Pumpkin Heart" is an oil painting featuring hues of blue, purple, yellow, white and orange.
Marc Chatov is inspired by the work of Diego Velasquez, Édouard Manet, William Bouguereau.
Renowned portrait painter Marc Chatov was born in Key Largos, Florida in 1953 to a family of artists, musicians and stage professionals. Chatov’s father was the great Roman Chatov of the Chatov Studio (which was founded with his brother, also a portrait painter and trained concert pianist, Constantin Chatov...
Category
2010s American Realist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horse 609
By Brian Hibbard
Located in Atlanta, GA
My paintings and sculptures bridge ancient and modern sensibilities. The subjects are often classical figures and portraits, but my use of materials is pure expressionism. I am mos...
Category
2010s Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Spring Mix by Anne Harney, Contemporary Floral Still Life Painting
By Anne Harney
Located in Atlanta, GA
Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding with a mix of imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings usually follow me into the studio the following day to capture the light and color on to a more abstract larger painting.” The subjects do not always seem to have a connection, but the still life and landscape paintings all hold something personal to the artist. Personal objects such as, Grandmother’s iron, plaster models, dolls, material, mirrors and soda crates from a cousin’s barn, all make for an interesting story. Her landscapes of New England...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sea of Dreams" - Surrealism, still life, animals, vegetables - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Sea of Dreams" features hues of blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, and black.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Atlanta bas...
Category
2010s Surrealist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Brutalist Still Life in the Summer, Oil on Canvas Painting by E.J.E. Dulfer
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Summer in the Windowsill" by E.J.E. Dulfer (1958)
This striking abstract still-life composition by renowned Dutch artist E.J.E. Dulfer (1909–1965), titled "Summer in the Windowsill"...
Category
1950s Abstract Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Delivery
Located in Atlanta, GA
"I grew up as the middle of five kids. We would yearly visit my grandmother in Alabama and later in Tennessee. She was an artist and her house was full of paintings, which was format...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Loose Change by Laura McCarty, Large Framed Contemporary Abstract Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
The framed price is listed. UNFRAMED this piece measures 40"H x 40"W.
With layered washes of green and blue, Loose Change by Laura McCarty channels a fr...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
La Mer Melee au Soleil, 2009
By Antoni TAULÉ
Located in Atlanta, GA
Taulé was born in 1945 in Sabadell, Barcelona. His father imparted the taste for painting to Antoni as a boy as the young artist watched him paint. After his primary studies, he began studying architecture in Barcelona and graduated in 1970. In 1965, he arrived in Paris and worked in architectural firms. It was Sartre's Paris, the construction of Unesco, the year of Le Corbusier's death and the end of Chandigarh, the French Cinematheque and Antonioni's films. Since the age of 14, he has never stopped painting and made his first personal exhibition in 1966 at the Academie de Belles Arts in Sabadell.
Upon receiving his degree in architecture, he worked on the construction of l’Université autonome de Barcelone for a year. In 1971, he was asked to work on the development of a large shipyard on the small island of Formentera. There he met Laetitia Ney of Elchingen, who he would go on to marry. He devoted himself entirely to painting, and Formentera, like Paris, became one of his favorite places in both his life and to work.
His first exhibition in Paris was in 1975 with Mathias Fels, presented to him by Hervé Télémaque—showing many paintings of his young daughter Djamilla, then three years old. The exhibition was titled, Espace hors temps (Space out of Time), with a foreword by Alain Jouffroy. In 1976, Taulé exhibited Contre-Jour (Against Day) at Fabien Boulakia on rue Bonaparte with a preface by Gérald Gassiot-Talabot and in Barcelona at the Aimé Maeght gallery—an exhibition visited by Joan Miró and Alexander Calder. In 1977, he exhibited at the Beaubourg gallery, with then associates Nahon and Trigano. In 1983, he met Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar, who wrote the novella Fin d’étape (End of Stage) for Taulé That same year, he was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by Jack Lang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Phyllotaxis 43 by Katherine Warinner Relief Monotype on Paper
By Katherine Warinner
Located in Atlanta, GA
Katherine’s delicate and evocative monotypes portray nature’s flora in all its glory, from the most organic trees and branches to airily etched florals. They are the result of a per...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Monotype
The Gentle Sky
Located in Atlanta, GA
Scott French has over 30 years of painting experience. His work focuses on figures, landscapes, and recently, cocktails. Known for his painterly and expressive style, French uses ric...
Category
2010s Land Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Which She Herself Had Seen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rendered in a sophisticated and elegant palette, Elise's visionary landscape paintings interweave botanical elements with organic abstraction. With a background in graphic design an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Paris Balcony II by Karen Blair, Large Colorful Abstract Painting on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Karen Blair lives in Charlottesville, Virginia where the surrounding mountains provide daily inspiration for her work. Her own garden and those of friends...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
"Flora #8" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Floral #7" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning and hues of bright yellow, lime green, pale pink, supple pink light blue, and ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
'LOL' - Contemporary Geometric Abstraction Pixelation - Bosch
By Robert Hightower
Located in Atlanta, GA
'LOL' is an abstract pointillist painting featuring hues of yellow, orange, pink, and white.
Robert Hightower is inspired by the work of Giotto, Hieronymus Bosch, Jean-François Millet, Roger Brown, Howard Arkley and Julian Opie.
This piece is a part of a special immersive gallery installation, “The Apocalypse Simulacra,” which is a narrative presentation of the twilight of humanity, at the fulcrum of extinction by Atlanta-based artist Robert Hightower. Through stage-set constructions, readymade plastic models and paintings, Hightower investigates the duality of right/wrong, good/bad, eternal/ephemeral in light of the imminent end of the Human Epoch. It depicts the ideological origins of corporate greed and power, the reality of wealth distribution in the “American Dream,” and the socio-economic and environmental impacts of that collective greed. After receiving a BFA in sculpture from the University of Georgia, Hightower moved to New York City and participated in The Bronx Museum of the Art’s AIM Fellowship (Artist In the Marketplace). While in New York, his interests expanded to include art installation and the creation of spaces, and has since designed and built many unique homes, penthouses and restaurants throughout the United States. Hightower has returned home to Atlanta and will be presenting his most comprehensive body of work to date, “The Apocalypse Simulacra,” a unique universe of beauty, dichotomy and uncertainty.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The 'Apocalypse Simulacra' is a presentation of the twilight of humanity, at the fulcrum of extinction.
The climate is the subject. The Simulacra is the Theme. First discussed by Plato, the Simulacra is the search for Truth in Duality. Developing into Post-Modernism with Nietzsche’s: truth=Truth. Now with Bauvillard, the Simulacra has evolved beyond Post-Modernism, into the wholesale confusion of the real/fake, the true/false… between reality and hyper-reality. This crumbling, confusing of the truth (not necessarily the Truth) is our Reality.
For over two decades, I have created large format paintings of strip malls, suburban houses and toys. These paintings present singular images flattened-out (almost floating) on color-fields. They create a certain duality - a loving portrait of an inanimate object that would not normally be singled-out for affection. With my latest work, I have added a variety of iconic images: an airplane, a whisky bottle, a woman floating in a pool. The icons are presented in a pixelated or degenerated state. In addition to paintings, I have used adult-size building blocks to create sculptures or three-dimensional paintings. Using a child's toy at an adult-scale gives the building blocks an austere and powerful presence. The building blocks echo the blocks of the pixelated paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brutalist Abstract Enamel Mounted Wall Panel Plaque Artwork
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning modernist abstract enamel plaque composition is dated circa 1960. The brutalist design has contrasting red, orange, black, and white colors. There is no visible artist ...
Category
1960s Abstract Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Field with Two Farmers
By Carl Peter Burnitz
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Frankfurt, Burnitz graduated from the University of Berlin in 1847 as a lawyer. After graduation, Burnitz traveled and painted for five years in Italy. Abandoning his law career, Burnitz traveled to Paris where he was introduced to the ideas of the Barbizon School by lithographer Karl Bodner. Studying under Emile Lambinet...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Petit Rouge
By Jean Tannous
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Byblos lebanon, in 1946, is a contemporary plastician artist franco-canadian.
Artistic journey
Early days (1970-1975)
Paris (1976-2001)
Quebec (2002 - present)
China (2011-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Flora #10" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Flora #10" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning and hues of purple, magenta, blue, and orange.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the...
Category
2010s Surrealist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Flora #13" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Flora #13" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning and hues of purple, pink, orange, blue and white.
Guy Robinson is inspired by ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Gesturing gardner with watering can, 1983
By Steven Campbell
Located in Atlanta, GA
Steven Campbell was a Scottish artist who created complex and humorous paintings with roots in performance and installation art. Campbell graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 1982 and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Pratt Institute in New York the same year. The artist rapidly gained recognition in America, and after a successful period abroad returned to Glasgow in 1987. He remained in Scotland for the rest of his career, developing his position as a link between Scottish artists of the previous generation, and the emerging artists of the 1990s.
Before studying at Glasgow School of Art Campbell was an engineer at the steelworks on the outskirts of Glasgow. After seven years at the steelworks he decided to pursue art. At Glasgow School of Art he was a contemporary of Ken Currie, Peter Howson and Adrian Wiszniewski...
Category
20th Century Modern Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Les élèves, 2022
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in 1961, Alexej Ravski exhibits in France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, the United States, Belarus and his native Russia.
Alexej’s painting i...
Category
2010s Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Volcano Woman
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Jeni Stallings creates work that often draws from her dreams and personal experiences. She tends to render those moments in a muted, femininity-infused surrealism far from the hard-...
Category
2010s Pop Art Atlanta - Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Panel
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At 89, Artist Lucio Pozzi Is Reaching New Career Heights
The Italian-American’s 2020 abstract painting “The Hoe” personifies his “art of not knowing.”
The 1stDibs Guide to Types of Abstract Art
Get to know the key movements and artists who have influenced visual culture for more than a century.
With a Show at MoMA, Marlon Mullen Paints Pictures That Are beyond Words
The nonspeaking California artist is having a moment, with vivacious paintings that play on art-magazine covers as well as more mysterious abstractions.
The Vibrant Beauty of Orphist Art Supersedes Its Perplexing Name
This kaleidoscopic early-modern art style has long deserved another look. Now, the Guggenheim museum is doing just that.
The 50 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold
Curious about the most expensive paintings in the world? Discover the stories behind these masterpieces as well as the staggering prices they fetched.
Ludwig Bemelmans Captures the Thrilling Sight of Coney Island at Night
The ‘Madeline’ creator and Carlyle Hotel legend was in a New York state of mind in the 1940s when he produced this exuberant and rare oil painting.