A painted pack of cigarettes next to a painted apple wasn't enough for me.
Not exact matches
The majority
of works in the exhibition will be on loan from private collections, and will comprise important, large - scale
paintings from his most memorable themes, including French Money, Vocabulary Lessons, Civil War Veterans, Camel
cigarette packs, as well as portraits
of his mother - in - law Berdie, his then wife Augusta, and the poet Frank O'Hara.
His small gouaches, for instance, are
painted from photographed arrangements
of items that often refer to petty vices (a
pack of cigarettes) or cultural consumption (VHS or cassette tapes).
The autobiographical exhibit consisted
of photographs, pictures
of earlier
paintings and other personal objects, including a
pack of cigarettes her uncle was holding when he was killed in a car crash.
The project is a series
of hand
painted mixed media prints
of found scanned
cigarette packs on Somerset Velvet Paper with deckle edges.»
Using acrylic, he
paints obsessively on various materials that surround him, including empty
cigarette packs, bottles, cereal boxes, furniture, and
of course, stretched canvas.
I really like his thoughtful, elegant small
paintings and was surprised that they were actually inspired by commercial signs and
cigarette packs — Dick remains one
of my favorite artists and a lovely person as well.
For instance, one
of the
paintings was inspired by a folded
pack of Brown & Williamson
cigarettes the artist found on the street.
Lawrence Weiner's contribution is his Filofax which he considers his sketchbook; Gerhard Richter loaned a three - ring binder with installation diagrams, designs for frames and color notes, which document one year
of work; John Chamberlain's contribution includes crushed
cigarette packs which are sketches for his sculptures; Robert Ryman loaned a film labeled «Old Fasteners» which contains drawings for the hardware on his
paintings.