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Karl Wirsum (1939 – 2021) used the clean style of commercial graphics and the abstracted form of a dissected frog Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (1968). who used this painting as the cover for his album Because Is In Your Mind (1970). Best known fir his 1956 song “I Put a Spell On You” and his sensational live performances, Hawkins appears here in full song, raining amoeba-shaped sweat down on a man wearing “armpit rubber,” like old fashioned galoshes, to keep the moisture at bay.
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Man on Fire (1969–70), an early— and unmistakably iconic —sculpture by the late American artist Luis Jiménez, is a work of art that embodies raw power, cultural memory, and the turbulent politics of its time . Standing nearly seven-and-a-half feet tall and cast in brilliantly painted fiberglass, this blazing figure demands your attention. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Luis Jiménez, Man on Fire →
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If you’re familiar with the work of Kenneth Price (1935 – 2012), you already know that he had a singular talent for transforming clay into something far stranger — and far more evocative — than traditional ceramics ever aspired to be. His 1963 sculpture S. L. Green captures Price at a pivotal moment in his early career, when he was beginning to push the medium into new, almost rebellious territory. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Kenneth Price, S.L. Green →
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If you think television has always been a little too obsessed with beauty ideals, you’re not wrong — and artist Luis Jiménez saw it coming from a mile away. His sculpture Blond TV Image (1967) captures that uneasy relationship between media, technology, and the female form with biting humor and Pop-era flair. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Blond TV Image By Luis Jiménez →
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Made from redwood and pine found in the artists Northern California backyard, Jeremy Anderson’s Riverrun (1965 ) was inspired by his fascination with intestinal forms, medical school models, and the elongated figures in old comic books like Plastic Man (1941 – 1956) and Powerhouse Pepper (1942 – 1948).
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