GF «This recent body of work is both two and three - dimensional, encompassing his passion for surface,
historical sign painting and our vanishing American urban landscape.
Not exact matches
I hope that the
sign will be left up, for
historical interest, but in the event that it is
painted over - I wanted to get some photos first!
While Nutt's art was undoubtedly inspired by mid-twentieth-century pop culture — especially comic books, advertisements, jukebox and pinball machine art, and street
signs — it also explores the formal devices and techniques of
historical painting.
Some
historical examples of categorical risk will serve to clarify my term: the first cubist, futurist, constructivist
paintings; Duchamp's
signed urinal or his bicycle wheel; Pollock's drip
paintings; Yves Klein's jump, but also Allan Kaprow's Happenings and Joseph Beuys» lectures.
While it was undoubtedly inspired by mid-twentieth century pop culture, especially comic books, advertisements, jukebox and pinball machine art, and street
signs, Nutt's art also explores the formal devices and techniques of
historical painting.