New York, California. Born 1944
Sculptor, collage, abstract painter, printmaker
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Born 1951 Troy, Ohio. Known for: Mod sculptor-body parts.
Based in Southern California, Conceptual sculptor Peter Shelton is a sculptor who, in the 1980s, became part of a rebellion against what he regarded as the confinement of non-figurative abstraction... Read full biography
Based in Southern California, Conceptual sculptor Peter Shelton is a sculptor who, in the 1980s, became part of a rebellion against what he regarded as the confinement of non-figurative abstraction in dominant art circles, and turned to depicting realistically the human body. However, his... Read full biography
Based in Southern California, Conceptual sculptor Peter Shelton is a sculptor who, in the 1980s, became part of a rebellion against what he regarded as the confinement of non-figurative abstraction in dominant art circles, and turned to depicting realistically the human body. However, his expressions have layers of meaning not immediately obvious so are non-traditional in that they do not fit the usual definitions of realism. Of his unique approach the artist says:. "I was in art school at a... Read full biography
Based in Southern California, Conceptual sculptor Peter Shelton is a sculptor who, in the 1980s, became part of a rebellion against what he regarded as the confinement of non-figurative abstraction in dominant art circles, and turned to depicting realistically the human body. However, his expressions have layers of meaning not immediately obvious so are non-traditional in that they do not fit the usual definitions of realism. Of his unique approach the artist says:. "I was in art school at a time when figurative art was really suspect. I have always balked at any authority, so when the prevailing academy told me we were not making figurative art anymore, I moved toward the body anyway. To me it is basic to experience, to our experience of... Read full biography
Based in Southern California, Conceptual sculptor Peter Shelton is a sculptor who, in the 1980s, became part of a rebellion against what he regarded as the confinement of non-figurative abstraction in dominant art circles, and turned to depicting realistically the human body. However, his expressions have layers of meaning not immediately obvious so are non-traditional in that they do not fit the usual definitions of realism. Of his unique approach the artist says:. "I was in art school at a time when figurative art was really suspect. I have always balked at any authority, so when the prevailing academy told me we were not making figurative art anymore, I moved toward the body anyway. To me it is basic to experience, to our experience of ourselves, our world and art. But that atmosphere made me just cautious enough of too literal references to the body in art.". In his sculp... Read full biography
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New York. Born 1947
Abstract expression
Sculpture, painting
California, Florida. Born 1946
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California. 1939 - 2020
Modernist aerial and below water views, painting, sculpture, light and space themes
New York, Connecticut. Born 1966
Assemblage, scupture, pop art, video and film
California, Michigan. 1923 - 2016
Modernist, naive style figure, abstraction
California. Born 1943
Mod imagery, sculpture
California, New York. 1926 - 2018
Cross-hatch modernist imagery, graphics, painting
Germany. Born 1956
Iconic surreal and hyper-real sculpture, installation, audio
California / Mexico. 1941 - 1989
Street art-murals, social commentary, contemporary painting
New York, Texas / Mexico. Born 1959
Surreal genre, collage, still life
California, Illinois. 1925 - 2012
Modernist figure, hard edge, geometric imagery, teaching
California. Born 1952
Town-landscape
New York / Germany. Born 1954
Abstract body parts sculpture-feminist issues
California, Illinois. 1947 - 2019
Abstract imagery, modernist sculpture, large-scale chairs and tables
New York, California. 1925 - 1969
Mod figure, abstraction, illustration
California, Colorado. 1936 - 2022
Minimalist industrial material sculpture, resin, plastic and glass
California, Kansas. 1934 - 2022
Abstraction, pop imagery painting-chevrons
California. 1926 - 1976
Collage-surreal-pop images
California. 1922 - 1998
Modernist figurative, genre, landscape and interior paintings
California. 1941 - 1998
Assemblage
California, Arizona. 1920 - 2008
Abstract and realist floral still life, interior scenes and figure paintings
California, Kansas. 1919 - 1990
Modernist landscape
California, Indiana. 1937 - 2021
Abstraction, funk art,caligraphy, teaching
New Mexico, California. 1935 - 2012
Colorful ceramic objects-eggs, teacups, surreal forms
New Mexico, California. Born 1939
Hard edge painting, glass cube, minimalist sculpture
California / Denmark. Born 1926
Modernist landscape, genre and interior painting, teaching
New York. 1927 - 1994
Funk assemblage, mixed media
California. Born 1947
Abstract figure, graphics and teaching
California / Latvia. 1926 - 2026
Abstract imagery-still life painting, sculpture
California. 1930 - 2021
Bay Area figurative sculpture, sketches