Artist of the moment…..Gary Simmons

{ January 5, 2014 @ 4:53 pm } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: african american, California Institute for the Arts, gary simmons, new york city, painter, printmaker, School of Visual Arts New York City, sculptor }

Gary Simmons is an American artist working in a variety of mediums including oils, chalk, and acrylics. For his artistic education Simmons attended the School of Visual Arts located in New York City. He also attended the California Institute for the Arts located in Valencia, California for his masters studies. Simmons works in small sizes up to mural and installation size. Simmons is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor.

Simmons uses many symbols from current pop culture. In addition some recurring themes are race and class. In some works some racially significant items are used including nooses and the symbol of the Ku Klux Klan.

Simmons has regular shows in Europe and New York City.

The artist was included in the Whitney Biennial that took place in 1993.

In this clip Simmons talks about a very large mural and how he went about getting the motion and energy of his smaller drawings into the large sized mural.

Here we view the artist at an exhibition that took place in 2013:

Price range information: Non sculpture works range from $5,000 to $60,000.

The “ghostly drawings” of this artist impress the most of his repertoire. What a unique effect and even something as still as a chandelier seems to have a wonderful movement.

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