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Damian Elwes makes paintings and art prints of artists' studios. He chooses moments in time when an artist is at their most inventive.
Dusan Damian Cary Elwes (born 10 August 1960) is a British artist with studios in Los Angeles and the Colombian rainforest. His paintings explore themes such as the cycle of life and creativity.
Damian Elwes is a British/American contemporary artist. In his colorful paintings of artist studios he examines the process of creative geniuses. Seeing artworks in the places where they were created allows a different understanding from seeing those artworks in museums.
Jun 17, 2024 · Author, art historian and curator Fred Hoffman breaks down the singular practice of his long-time acquaintance Damian Elwes, and enlightens the reader as to how a single-minded artistic approach such as Elwes’ can elicit multifaceted results, transcending the material environments he depicts.
Damian Elwes is known for bright, intricately rendered paintings and mixed media works that depict the home studios of such artists as Pablo Picasso, Helen Frankenthaler, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Henri Matisse, and David Hockney. In his thoroughly … Read more
Oct 10, 2021 · View Damian Elwes’s artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Learn about the artist and see available works for sale.
3 days ago · From the cubist compositions of Pablo Picasso to “The Two Fridas,” the 1939 iconic double self-portrait by Frida Kahlo, vibrant views of seminal artworks and acclaimed artists’ studios emerge in the imaginative acrylic paintings of Damian Elwes. Elwes began experimenting with painting other artists’ studios nearly four decades ago while ...
2020 LONDON; 2019 San Francisco; 2018 Paris Museum; NEW YORK CITY STUDIOS; Kusama, Kahlo, O'Keeffe Studios; Matisse Studios; Picasso Studios; 1999 CLOUDFOREST
Damian ELWES (b. 1960) is a British artist who lives and works in Santa Monica, California. In the 1940s, Henri Matisse advised young artists to make copies of their favorite paintings. Nearly half a century later, Damian Elwes decided to follow his advice with a twist.
Unit presents Where Art Happened – From Klint to Party, Damian Elwes’ first solo exhibition with the gallery, and the next step in his examination of artists and their creative spaces. Elwes is fascinated with the life-force of creativity: what drives it, what affects it, what captures it.
