In 1959, he painted Tomlinson Park, part of the Black Paintings series that catapulted his career when he was just 23 years old and
influenced other artists of his generation to move away from abstract expressionism and create work that was more painterly, more thoughtful and more experimental in terms of the use of space in and around the canvas.
Not exact matches
A dynamic, geometric clarity was certainly the aesthetic goal
of many abstract
artists, but there were
others who worked under the
influence of Surrealism and Expressionism, not to mention the natural landscape that so inspired the first
generation of American abstract
artists.
His students and successors — such as Jo Ann Callis, Judy Fiskin, and James Welling — have gone on to teach and
influence a younger
generation of artists, including Amy Adler, Anne Collier, and Florian Maier - Aichen among many
others.
Ochoa's work has also been included in a host
of group exhibitions, most notably, Down These Mean Streets, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. (2017); 99 cents or Less, Museum
of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI (2017); Mi Tierra, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (2017); Routes
of Influence, Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL (2016); Apparition: Frottages and Rubbings from 1860 to Now, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA and Menil Collection, Houston, TX (2015); X-Change, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX (2013); The Future
Generation Art Prize Exhibition, Venice, Italy (2011); The
Artist's Museum: Los Angeles
Artists 1980 - 2010, Museum
of Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA (2010); Phantom Sighting, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA (2008); and the 2008 Whitney Biennial, New York, NY amongst
others.
All four
artists were born within six years
of each
other (1928 - 1933) and their practices offer an opportunity to compare the strong aesthetic
influences, interests and objectives their
generation shared, despite developing on either side
of the Atlantic.
Amended and rearranged after its first installment, the show will explore the impact that Mexico had on Artaud's work, as well as the
influences that his creative practice has had on different
generations of artists, filmmakers and
other cultural practitioners.
The late
artist's work has
influenced many
other artists of his and subsequent
generations, including photographer Nan Goldin, who has said, «seeing Flaming Creatures at the age
of fifteen was an earthquake that shook up my life forever after.»
This show explores the
influence of his depictions
of ruddy - cheeked, sturdy - limbed, pleasure - seeking peasants and mysterious landscape paintings on the several
generations of Bruegels who followed in his footsteps and
other contemporary
artists.
The group's exhibitions, which took place in Chicago and
other cities between 1966 and 1969, drew national and international attention and went on to
influence generations of artists.