James Brown
James Brown was an American painter born in Los Angeles, California in 1951.
Born: 1951, Los Angeles, California
Died: 2020, Mexico
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Recognition
Rising to fame in the 1980s East Village art scene, Brown was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist. He has been exhibited in institutions like Centre de Pompidou, MoMA, Art Institute of Chicago.
Intent
Each of these drawings have the sense of missives, sent by a traveler in an exotic land--in this case, Morocco-- to record his impressions of the place
Composition
Blue ink on blue handmade paper, Brown's drawings probe the mystery of scale in which forms press against their constraining boundaries.
Ceres Take
Folio of five beautiful works saturated wtih color and boldness.
PARENT TECHNIQUE
Watercolor
Watercolor is a painting technique where pigments are suspended in a water-based solution, typically applied to paper. Artists dilute the pigments with water to achieve various levels of transparency and intensity. Unlike other painting mediums, watercolor relies on the whiteness of the paper to create highlights, giving it a luminous...
COMPLEMENTARY WORKS
Waterline
Hugh O'Donnell
$1,950
Monotypes
Norbert Prangenberg
$14,800
