A painter whose images are executed in realist style and then arranged in ways that whose effects could rightly be described as surrealistic, allegorical, satirical, and humorous, Nicole Eisenman is... Read full biography
A painter whose images are executed in realist style and then arranged in ways that whose effects could rightly be described as surrealistic, allegorical, satirical, and humorous, Nicole Eisenman is known for her huge, vividly colored canvases as well as collages, drawings, found-object... Read full biography
A painter whose images are executed in realist style and then arranged in ways that whose effects could rightly be described as surrealistic, allegorical, satirical, and humorous, Nicole Eisenman is known for her huge, vividly colored canvases as well as collages, drawings, found-object assemblages, and murals. One of her paintings, Progress: Real and Imagined, completed in 2006, measures 8 by 30 feet, and with a WPA-like title has so many vignettes of people and their lives that the effect is... Read full biography
A painter whose images are executed in realist style and then arranged in ways that whose effects could rightly be described as surrealistic, allegorical, satirical, and humorous, Nicole Eisenman is known for her huge, vividly colored canvases as well as collages, drawings, found-object assemblages, and murals. One of her paintings, Progress: Real and Imagined, completed in 2006, measures 8 by 30 feet, and with a WPA-like title has so many vignettes of people and their lives that the effect is dizzying, 'Hogarthian' or as one critic wrote, "dyke punk". The latter description reflects a theme in her own life, which is lesbian motherhood, but not all of her motives carry personal messages nor it is necessary to understand each of them to... Read full biography
A painter whose images are executed in realist style and then arranged in ways that whose effects could rightly be described as surrealistic, allegorical, satirical, and humorous, Nicole Eisenman is known for her huge, vividly colored canvases as well as collages, drawings, found-object assemblages, and murals. One of her paintings, Progress: Real and Imagined, completed in 2006, measures 8 by 30 feet, and with a WPA-like title has so many vignettes of people and their lives that the effect is dizzying, 'Hogarthian' or as one critic wrote, "dyke punk". The latter description reflects a theme in her own life, which is lesbian motherhood, but not all of her motives carry personal messages nor it is necessary to understand each of them to appreciate her work. She has repeatedly expressed suspicion of abstracton, and generally has shown little interest in... Read full biography
Nicole Eisenman - Artist Info
About Nicole Eisenman: Books
Books & Publications (5)
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
Nicole Eisenman Selected Works 1994-2004
2004
124 pages
The Paper Sculpture Book (Exhibition catalog)
2003
0 pages (color)
Picturing the Modern Amazon
2000
Editor Museum Contemporary Art
176 pages (color)
Defining the Nineties Consensus Making in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles (Exhibition catalog)