Some of Our Favorites
Conrad Marca-Relli (USA, 1913 - 2000) When one thinks of the American abstract expressionist movement in general or the NY School in particular, Jackson Pollock and the de Koonings first come to mind. Painter and collage specialist Conrad Marca-Relli was one of the first wave of NY School expressionists. While his works at auction don't command nearly the same prices as the more famous leaders, Marca-Relli and Nicholas Carone were two of Pollock's inner circle after Jackson and his wife Lee Krasner moved to the Hamptons. Conrad's collage works, specifically the near monochromatic abstracted human forms, are some of our favorites from the entire AbsExp movement. http://www.theartstory.org/artist-marca-relli-conrad.htm
Anselm Kiefer (Germany, 1945-) Critic Simon Shama describes the neo-expressionist work of Anselm Kiefer; "Kiefer is incapable of doing anything trivial" and "contemporary art doesn't get any better than this." Born into war-torn Germany, Kiefer says his work is difficult and serious. The sculptor, painter and larger-scale installationist does not create entertainment or non-art like so many of his contemporaries, rather his works provoke a wide range of deep emotional responses.
Simon Schama on Anselm Kiefer | Alex Needham on Anselm Kiefer |Kiefer @ Wikipedia | Kiefer @ Yahoo Images
Bogdan Prystrom is a Polish digital montage specialist with a very unique, highly stylised approach to portraiture. Working from photographs, Prystrom creates unreal representations of real people. See more of his works at the artist's website. (Note: website loads slow but is well worth the wait.)For more information about Bogdan Prystrom, visit his website, with text in both the artist's native Polish and English: http://prystrom.republika.pl/about_me/biogr.htm
Multi-discipline visual artist, Sam Lewitt, was a featured artist at the 2012 Whitney Biennial.
Mixed media works by French artist, Antoine Puisais. Resources for more information include: Robert Blumenthal Gallery, the artist's porfolio at Saatchi, and MutantSpace.
