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Apr 18, 2020 · Ford Bailey. By William Grimes. April 18, 2020. William Bailey, whose pristine, idealized still lifes and female nudes made him one of the leading figures in the return of figurative art in...
Juan Sánchez Cotán, Still Life with Game Fowl, Vegetables and Fruits (1602), Museo del Prado, Madrid. A still life (pl.: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc.).
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May 1, 2020 · Art World Luminaries Who Died in 2020. In 2020, the art world weathered the loss of pioneers of painting and avant-garde illustrators, titans of curation and collectors whose memory endures beyond ...
- Hilary Pecis. Lives and works in Los Angeles. Hilary Pecis, Two Candles, 2020. Courtesy of the artist. Hilary Pecis, Visiting Michelle, 2020.
- Holly Coulis. Lives and works in Athens, Georgia. Holly Coulis, Small Cup and Steam, 2019. Courtesy of the artist and Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery. Advertisement.
- Nicole Dyer. Lives and works in Baltimore. Nicole Dryer, My Pantry, 2018. Courtesy of the artist. Nicole Dyer updates the grand Pop art tradition of incorporating representations of branded foodstuffs into her art, à la Andy Warhol and, more recently, Katherine Bernhardt.
- Anna Valdez. Lives and works in Oakland. Anna Valdez, installation view at Hashimoto Contemporary. Photo by Shaun Roberts. Courtesy of the artist. Anna Valdez draws and paints tables and floors crowded with art books (featuring David Hockney, Georges Braque, and Philip Pearlstein), plants, cow skulls (clear nods to Georgia O’Keeffe), conch shells, and decorative vases evocative of ceramic traditions from around the world.
Jan 2, 2021 · In memoriam: remembering art world figures who died in 2020. John Baldessari, Beverly Pepper, Irina Antonova and Christo were among those who died last year. Gareth Harris. 2 January 2021. As...
Dec 22, 2020 · Compiled by Gabe Cohn , Peter Libbey and Lauren Messman. Dec. 22, 2020. It’s always difficult to lose a favorite actor or a beloved musician. But in 2020, a year of crisis upon crisis, some of ...
Jasper Johns. Jasper Johns, Painted Bronze, 1960. In the mid twentieth century still life is invigorated by American artist Jasper Johns with an attitude that foreshadows the emergence of Pop Art. Though Johns is known primarily for his painting, this sculptural take on the still life is stoic in its simplicity.
