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Born 1956 Tucson, Arizona. Known for: Sculptor, neo-abstract expression.
Native American, Brad Kahlhamer assimilates abstract elements from the art of his culture with that of New York Abstract Expressionists including Cy Twombly and Willem de Kooning. He was born on an... Read full biography
Native American, Brad Kahlhamer assimilates abstract elements from the art of his culture with that of New York Abstract Expressionists including Cy Twombly and Willem de Kooning. He was born on an Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona and raised in the Midwest by a German-American family.... Read full biography
Native American, Brad Kahlhamer assimilates abstract elements from the art of his culture with that of New York Abstract Expressionists including Cy Twombly and Willem de Kooning. He was born on an Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona and raised in the Midwest by a German-American family. Cultural influences on his work include punk and country-western music and television shows such as Little House on the Prairie. In 2006, Kahlhamer created in New York an "Urban Prairie Series" for a Deitch... Read full biography
Native American, Brad Kahlhamer assimilates abstract elements from the art of his culture with that of New York Abstract Expressionists including Cy Twombly and Willem de Kooning. He was born on an Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona and raised in the Midwest by a German-American family. Cultural influences on his work include punk and country-western music and television shows such as Little House on the Prairie. In 2006, Kahlhamer created in New York an "Urban Prairie Series" for a Deitch Projects exhibition. It was pen and ink drawings or "rail-thin white chicks", which are "difficut to take and easy to consume. It is hard to know whether these are the artist's fantasies or a commentary on how the fashion industry markets... Read full biography
Native American, Brad Kahlhamer assimilates abstract elements from the art of his culture with that of New York Abstract Expressionists including Cy Twombly and Willem de Kooning. He was born on an Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona and raised in the Midwest by a German-American family. Cultural influences on his work include punk and country-western music and television shows such as Little House on the Prairie. In 2006, Kahlhamer created in New York an "Urban Prairie Series" for a Deitch Projects exhibition. It was pen and ink drawings or "rail-thin white chicks", which are "difficut to take and easy to consume. It is hard to know whether these are the artist's fantasies or a commentary on how the fashion industry markets faux-Native accoutrements.". Another part of his 2006 exhibition was a watercolor drawing,... Read full biography
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Native American, Brad Kahlhamer assimilates abstract elements from the art of his culture with that of New York Abstract Expressionists including Cy Twombly and Willem de Kooning. He was born on an Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona and raised in the Midwest by a German-American family.
Cultural influences on his work include punk and country-western music and television shows such as Little House on the Prairie. In 2006, Kahlhamer created in New York an "Urban Prairie Series" for a Deitch Projects exhibition. It was pen and ink drawings or "rail-thin white chicks", which are "difficut to take and easy to consume. It is hard to know whether these are the artist's fantasies or a ...But wait, there's more...
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