White Lantern Flowers
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Shaped aluminum with white powder coat on polished aluminum base Edition of 3
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About the Item
Sultan, an internationally recognized artist who rose to prominence in the late 1970s as
part of the “New Image” movement, is known for elevating the still-life tradition through
the deconstruction of his subjects into basic forms and the use of industrial materials. His
paintings characteristically employ enamel, roofing tar, aluminum, linoleum, and spackle,
pushing the boundaries of the medium through techniques of gouging, sanding, and buffing
to create flatness, depth, and texture. The works are made of the same materials as the
building in which the viewer stands; the architecture participates in the paintings. Weighty
and structured, Sultan’s paintings are simultaneously abstract and representational: while his
imagery is immediately recognizable – flowers, daily objects, insignia, idle factories – the
dominating, abstract forms contradict its common association with fragility.
Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Sultan studied at the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill and later received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. His
first solo exhibition was mounted in 1977 at Artists Space in New York, and his work has
since been exhibited worldwide in solo and group exhibitions, including at: the
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC;
Gotlands Konst Museum, Sweden; Institute of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Los Angeles
County Museum of Art; Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis; Museum of Modern Art,
New York; Musée d’art Contemporain, Montreal; National Galerie, Berlin; Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, New York; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. His
work is included in internationally renowned public and private collections, among them
The Art Institute of Chicago; British Museum; Cincinnati Art Museum; Cleveland Art
Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Detroit Institute of Arts; Fogg Art Museum at
Harvard University, Cambridge; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington,
DC; Ludwig Museum, Budapest; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of
Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston;
Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Neuberger
Museum at SUNY-Purchase, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Singapore
Museum of Art; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Gallery, London;
and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
- Creator:Donald Sultan (1951, American)
- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 3.5 in (8.89 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Fairfield, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU28610459822
Donald Sultan
Donald Sultan is a distinguished painter, sculptor, and printmaker who rose to prominence in the late 1970s as part of the “New Image” movement in New York City.
Sultan has a unique artistic method and innovative approach to traditional subject matter. Known as Abstract Representation, Sultan’s paintings, prints and other art are characterized by the use of geometric black forms set against organic areas of bright color, thus bringing an abstract sensibility to his iconographic images of still life. Throughout his career he has revisited and reinvented still life, using images of lemons, poppies, playing cards, fruits, flowers, and other objects. Sultan’s lemons, a recurrent theme in his artworks, have in fact become an iconic image all over the world.
“All of the images of those dark pictures are really about the architecture in the paintings; they seem so massive and strong and permanent, but nothing is permanent,” Sultan has said. “The image in the front is very fragile, but it conveys the loaded meaning of everything that is contained in the painting.”
Sultan is considered to be at the forefront of contemporary art. Although his paintings are often classified as landscapes and still lifes, Sultan states that they are first and foremost abstracts. Besides paintings, drawings, and sculptures, he has created many editions. Sultan’s prints are unique: he uses specific materials like “flocking” to create expressive and powerful prints that are reminiscent of his forceful paintings. Since his first solo exhibition in 1977, Sultan’s artistic career has progressed rapidly; his works are part of the most prominent public and private collections to be found across the globe.
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