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Carroll Dunham BIOGRAPHY
Born 1949 Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for: Non objective-funk, semi-figurative, prints.
With studios in Chelsea, New York, and Salisbury, Connecticut, Carroll Dunham creates raucous acrylic paintings with additives that he describes as a "kind of high-wire act of the id and ego". Many... Read full biography
With studios in Chelsea, New York, and Salisbury, Connecticut, Carroll Dunham creates raucous acrylic paintings with additives that he describes as a "kind of high-wire act of the id and ego". Many of his paintings are full of humorous figures with disconnected body parts. He is a regular exhibitor... Read full biography
With studios in Chelsea, New York, and Salisbury, Connecticut, Carroll Dunham creates raucous acrylic paintings with additives that he describes as a "kind of high-wire act of the id and ego". Many of his paintings are full of humorous figures with disconnected body parts. He is a regular exhibitor at Whitney Biennials, and his work is in numerous prestigious museums including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut to parents... Read full biography
With studios in Chelsea, New York, and Salisbury, Connecticut, Carroll Dunham creates raucous acrylic paintings with additives that he describes as a "kind of high-wire act of the id and ego". Many of his paintings are full of humorous figures with disconnected body parts. He is a regular exhibitor at Whitney Biennials, and his work is in numerous prestigious museums including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut to parents who ran a real-estate business. He became a studio art major at Trinity College, and his exposure to the New York art world came from regular college field trips into the city. He interned there one summer for Dorothea Rockburn and from her learned... Read full biography
With studios in Chelsea, New York, and Salisbury, Connecticut, Carroll Dunham creates raucous acrylic paintings with additives that he describes as a "kind of high-wire act of the id and ego". Many of his paintings are full of humorous figures with disconnected body parts. He is a regular exhibitor at Whitney Biennials, and his work is in numerous prestigious museums including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut to parents who ran a real-estate business. He became a studio art major at Trinity College, and his exposure to the New York art world came from regular college field trips into the city. He interned there one summer for Dorothea Rockburn and from her learned studio skills. He worked for seven years as a lay-out artist for Time magazine, and then by age... Read full biography
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With studios in Chelsea, New York, and Salisbury, Connecticut, Carroll Dunham creates raucous acrylic paintings with additives that he describes as a "kind of high-wire act of the id and ego". Many of his paintings are full of humorous figures with disconnected body parts.
He is a regular exhibitor at Whitney Biennials, and his work is in numerous prestigious museums including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the Art Institute of Chicago.
He was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut to parents who ran a real-estate business. He became a studio art major at Trinity College, and his exposure to the New York art world came from regular college field trips into the city. He interned there one summer for...But wait, there's more...
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