Painted Desert (Green)
2007
Artist
- Richard Artschwager, American, 1923-2013
- Born: Washington, DC
- Work Locations: New York, NY
Country
United States
Object
drawing
Medium
Oil pastel on paper
Accession Number
2011.266
Credit Line
Gift of the Eleanor and Henry Hitchcock Foundation
Richard Artschwager, Painted Desert (Green), 2007. Oil pastel on paper; 23 3/4 x 36 1/2 in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of the Eleanor and Henry Hitchcock Foundation, 2011.266 [+ ARS Credit line]
Dimensions
sight height: 23 3/4 in, 60.3250 cm; sight width: 36 1/2 in, 92.7100 cm; frame height: 34 1/2 in, 87.6300 cm; frame width: 47 1/2 in, 120.6500 cm; frame depth: 1 3/4 in, 4.4450 cm
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art
By subtly manipulating the appearance of everyday objects and scenes, and by altering the contexts in which viewers encounter them, Richard Artschwager encourages us to reevaluate our pre-conceived notions about life, art, perception, and illusion. In Painted Desert (Green), artificial textures and a flattened perspective call attention to the manufactured nature of this landscape. While the painted desert is a location of real landscape, this work is hardly a traditional landscape painting. The spatial irregularities and tangible materials of what may at first suggest a conventional landscape painting reveal the deceptions involved in creating a work of art.
Exhibition History
- "Scapes" June 17, 2012 - November 25, 2012 (DAM)
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