Part of a movement called "New New Painters," Joseph Drapell is a self-styled independent and rejects many of the prevalent trends in contemporary art such as cultural criticism and questioning of... Read full biography
Part of a movement called "New New Painters," Joseph Drapell is a self-styled independent and rejects many of the prevalent trends in contemporary art such as cultural criticism and questioning of gender and identity. The "New News" aritsts work with a confidence merely in the value and autonomy of... Read full biography
Part of a movement called "New New Painters," Joseph Drapell is a self-styled independent and rejects many of the prevalent trends in contemporary art such as cultural criticism and questioning of gender and identity. The "New News" aritsts work with a confidence merely in the value and autonomy of aesthetic experience, and they are not afraid to explore their own souls. He, like the others in the movement, uses custom-made reflective paints and advanced gels. Of his painting Drapell says:... Read full biography
Part of a movement called "New New Painters," Joseph Drapell is a self-styled independent and rejects many of the prevalent trends in contemporary art such as cultural criticism and questioning of gender and identity. The "New News" aritsts work with a confidence merely in the value and autonomy of aesthetic experience, and they are not afraid to explore their own souls. He, like the others in the movement, uses custom-made reflective paints and advanced gels. Of his painting Drapell says: "Abstraction will probably always remain my main means of expression. But for my future expression I do not rule out anything. Finding new ways of representation has always lured me, as long as the result is honest, inventive and good." (Sykorova). The... Read full biography
Part of a movement called "New New Painters," Joseph Drapell is a self-styled independent and rejects many of the prevalent trends in contemporary art such as cultural criticism and questioning of gender and identity. The "New News" aritsts work with a confidence merely in the value and autonomy of aesthetic experience, and they are not afraid to explore their own souls. He, like the others in the movement, uses custom-made reflective paints and advanced gels. Of his painting Drapell says: "Abstraction will probably always remain my main means of expression. But for my future expression I do not rule out anything. Finding new ways of representation has always lured me, as long as the result is honest, inventive and good." (Sykorova). The big introductory exhibition of the "New News" was at the Shippee Gallery in New York in the late 1980s. Source... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
New New Painters National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Knizak, Milan; Tomas Vicek
58 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Clement Greenburg: A Critic's Collection Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Wilkin, Karen and Bruce Guenther
0 pages (color)
New New Painting
2000
Henry, John (Intro); Donald Kuspit (Essay)
108 pages (color)
New New Painters at the 69th Regiment Armory New York City (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Moffett, Kenworth W
91 pages (color)
New New Painting
1996
Kuspit, Donald; Arlene Raven
108 pages (color)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Cineplex Odeon The First Ten Years: A Celebration of Contemporary Canadian Art
1989
Burnett, David
97 pages (color)
The Art Gallery of Hamilton: Seventy-Five Years (1914-1989) (Art Gallery of Hamilton)
1989
Fox, Ross and Grace Inglis
122 pages (color)
Art in Architecture: Art for the Built Environment in the Province of Ontario
1982
Parkin, Jeanne
276 pages
Selections from the Westburne Collection (Edmonton Art Gallery)
1982
Wilkin, Karen
48 pages (color)
Viewpoint: Twenty-nine by Nine (Art Gallery of Hamilton) (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Cumming, Glen E.
80 pages (color)
The New Generation: A Curator's Choice (Exhibition catalog)