2017
To capture weightlessness, movement and emotion in a single, gestural brushstroke required transgender artist James Nares to reimagine her entire art-making process. In addition to suspending herself above the canvas, Nares also created her own calligraphic brushes and paint, practicing meticulous strokes over and over until finally achieving that perfect swipe.
Dubbed an “action painter” and a “scientific painter,” Nares’ process is the result of years of researching, testing and expanding on her style. Nares moved to New York City in 1974 after studying at the Chelsea College of Art. As she is also a musician, Nares fell into the city’s “no wave” scene — a brief avant-garde music and visual art movement concentrated in downtown Manhattan. The experimentation with noise, and dissonance that became popular among no wave artists likely informed Nares’ art style and fueled her passion for creative experimentation throughout the 1980s.
Nares is represented by the Kasmin Gallery, which has exhibited her work since 1991. The artist’s solo exhibitions include 2014’s “High Speed Drawings” and 2013’s “Road Paint Paintings.” The latter featured works that Nares created with thermoplastic paint — the same type of paint that is used on tarmacs and roads. Her work is part of the collections of the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Whitney Museum of American Art. The Milwaukee Art Museum staged a retrospective on Nares in 2019.
While primarily known for her artwork, Nares' film projects have been part of solo exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and presented at the 2008 Anthology Film Archives in New York and at the New York IFC Center in 2011.
On 1stDibs, find authentic James Nares prints, drawings and paintings.
Fountain
By James Nares
Located in New York, NY
James Nares Fountain, 1987 Monotype on paper Hand signed and dated lower front Unique Frame included Measurements: Framed 41.5 by 34 inches Work 30.25 by 22.25 inches Dazzling Jame...
Monotype
$5,500
H 33.5 in W 25 in D 1.5 in
Jamie Nares, When the Language was Young. lithograph on polymer, signed/N Framed
Located in New York, NY
Jamie Nares When the Language was Young, 2010 Lithograph in red on polymer Pencil signed, dated and numbered 13/50 lower front Lithograph in red on acrylic Pencil signed, dated and ...
Plastic, Mixed Media, Lithograph
$15,000
H 37 in W 29.25 in D 1.25 in
Jamie Nares -Original flower monotype (unique, hand signed) Framed, de-accession
By James Nares
Located in New York, NY
James Nares Untitled flower monotype, 1988 Monotype on hand made paper Pencil signed and dated by James Nares on the lower right front Frame included: floated in the original wood fr...
Handmade Paper, Monotype
Cerulean Flow (Large Scale Contemporary Abstract Painting)
By Debra Drexler
Located in New York, NY
This abstract composition in acrylic and oil is created by Deborah Drexler, an artist based in New York and Hawaii. Splashes of teal, light and deep blues, yellows, and bright pinks ...
Oil, Acrylic
16502 Painting 250
By Jill Greenberg
Located in New York, NY
Ultrachrome ink on canvas Signed on label, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Well known for her daring and experimental photographic portraits, Ji...
Archival Pigment
Bolder Strokes 27
By Julia Marc
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Julia Marc Title : Bolder Strokes 27 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed upper right Size: 60.75 x 60.75 in. (154.31 x 154.31 cm) Frame Size: 61.25 x 61.25 inches
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,500
H 44 in W 30 in
avp_1519 - Original Abstract Deep Magenta Tone Contemporary Painting on Paper
By Alex Voinea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The colorful abstract artworks of Romanian artist Alex Voinea are inspired by experiments with paint poured over vibrating surfaces, such as speakers at full volume. Alex Voinea coll...
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled #31
By Pat Steir
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2011, this Monoprint with hand-coloring on silkscreen is hand-signed by Pat Steir (Newark, 1940 - ) in pencil in the lower right margin. This is a unique and original wor...
Monoprint, Screen
$920
H 40 in W 28 in
It is Happening, Abstract Expressionism Painting, Gestual Fluid Form on Paper
By Perrine Honoré
Located in Barcelona, ES
In this vibrant painting by Perrine Honoré, color unfolds as gesture—expanding across the surface in luminous currents of pink, turquoise, coral, and deep blue. The composition emerg...
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
$7,500
H 67.5 in W 47.5 in
Large Colorful Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Paul Jenkins
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
Paul Jenkins, American (1923–2012) Date: 1969 Lithograph, signed, dated and numbered in pencil Edition of AP Size: 63 in. x 43.5 in. (160.02 cm x 110.49 cm) Frame Size: 67.5 x 47.5 i...
Lithograph
