Let's Get Lost
2002
Artist
- Francis Ruyter, American, 1968 -
- Born: Washington D.C.
- Work Locations: New York, NY
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Acrylic on canvas Hamilton Storage with exh location
Accession Number
2003.23
Credit Line
Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum
Francis Ruyter, Let's Get Lost, 2002. Acrylic paint on canvas; 32 x 68 in. Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum, 2003.23. © Francis Ruyter
Dimensions
height: 32 in, 81.2800 cm; width: 68 in, 172.7200 cm; depth: 1 1/4 in, 3.1750 cm
Inscription
none on front, unable to view back.
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art
Francis Ruyter combines the aesthetic of pop art with a sense of melancholy and isolation. In his hands, ordinary photographs are transformed into large-scale neon billboards. But instead of advertising the latest material craze or the glamorous lives of the stars, his paintings advertise highways, suburban backyards, and other prosaic scenes of everyday life.
Ruyter often suggests a world of secrets, lies, and even violence hidden right below the surface.
Exhibition History
- "Focus: The Figure"—Denver Art Museum, 08/09/2008 - 02/2011
