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Dec 18, 2021 · Jonathan Gardner. Human silhouettes, commonplace objects, geometric patterns, and architectural elements — these constitute some of the most immediately recognizable traits of Jonathan Gardner’s figurative painting. Born in 1982, Gardner lives and works in New York.
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Jonathan Gardner (b. 1982, Lexington, KY) flattens pictorial space to create familiar, yet imaginary scenes drawn from personal experience and collective memory. Inspired by modern masters throughout art history, his paintings are reconstructed narratives of traditional subjects—such as still life, figuration, and landscapes—with hyper ...
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Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Gardner studied for his BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York, before receiving his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010.
Jonathan Gardner's cartoon-like images of nude figures hark back to the geometricity of Pablo Picasso's bodies, while his lucid colours and the spatial flatness of his compositions are an ode to the interiors of Henri Matisse. The figures in Gardner's invented scenes are engaged in recreational activities, while others find themselves in moments of...
Jonathan Gardner's solo and group exhibitions have been shown both in and outside the U.S. at notable galleries including Almine Rech, Paris (2021); Jason Haam, Seoul (2021); Casey Kaplan, New York (2019 and 2016) and Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago(2013 and 2011), among others.
Jonathan Gardner flattens pictorial space to create familiar, yet imaginary scenes drawn from personal experience and collective memory. Inspired by modern masters throughout art history, his paintings are reconstructed narratives of traditional subjects—such as still life, figuration, and landscapes—with hyper-stylized compositions.
Nov 21, 2016 · Gardner (b. 1982), who studied under Hairy Who member Jim Nutt at the Art Institute of Chicago, belongs to a new generation of Midwest artists, including Keegan Monaghan and Ryan Travis...
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