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Born 1960 New York City. Known for: Conceptual sculpture, mixed media, rabbit images.
Enlisting his now signature character of the rabbit, Nayland Blake offers a picture of the labyrinth of emotional and sexual interactions with its codified roles and appetites. In objects and images... Read full biography
Enlisting his now signature character of the rabbit, Nayland Blake offers a picture of the labyrinth of emotional and sexual interactions with its codified roles and appetites. In objects and images he scrutinizes current psychological parlance of sexual identity, co-dependency, dominance and... Read full biography
Enlisting his now signature character of the rabbit, Nayland Blake offers a picture of the labyrinth of emotional and sexual interactions with its codified roles and appetites. In objects and images he scrutinizes current psychological parlance of sexual identity, co-dependency, dominance and monogamy. Blake's mirrors play with clichés and accepted tools for self-examination in ways that have universal and autobiographical readings. Blake was born in New York City, and lives and works there. He... Read full biography
Enlisting his now signature character of the rabbit, Nayland Blake offers a picture of the labyrinth of emotional and sexual interactions with its codified roles and appetites. In objects and images he scrutinizes current psychological parlance of sexual identity, co-dependency, dominance and monogamy. Blake's mirrors play with clichés and accepted tools for self-examination in ways that have universal and autobiographical readings. Blake was born in New York City, and lives and works there. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, earning an M.F.A. degree in 1984. He also studied at Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, earning a B.F.A. Degree in 1982. Selected One-Person Exhibitions:. 2007. "Three... Read full biography
Enlisting his now signature character of the rabbit, Nayland Blake offers a picture of the labyrinth of emotional and sexual interactions with its codified roles and appetites. In objects and images he scrutinizes current psychological parlance of sexual identity, co-dependency, dominance and monogamy. Blake's mirrors play with clichés and accepted tools for self-examination in ways that have universal and autobiographical readings. Blake was born in New York City, and lives and works there. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, earning an M.F.A. degree in 1984. He also studied at Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, earning a B.F.A. Degree in 1982. Selected One-Person Exhibitions:. 2007. "Three photographs, three mirrors, a sculpture and a sign," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA. 2006... Read full biography
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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Installation Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Words, Text, Calligraphy, Letters
Art Media
Art Style
- •Performance Art, Happenings
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Art School
- •California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art