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Notable work | Randomly Placed Exact Percentages (2009-2013) Isotropic (2009-2013) |
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Doug Argue (born January 21, 1962, in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American painter based in New York City, New York, United States. [1]
After attending art classes at Bemidji State University and the University of Minnesota from 1980 to 1983, [2] Argue's early figurative works were influenced by German Expressionism. [2] During his two different trips to Venice, he was deeply moved by such 16th-century Italian painters as Titian and Tintoretto, whose massive Crucifixion moved him to begin creating more large-scale works. [2]
In 1989, after the birth of his son, Mattison, Argue's work started being characterized by the use of parts to render the idea of a whole. He chose chickens as protagonists in a saga where conventionally neglected creatures were turned into subjugated minorities. [3] [4]
Since 1983, Argue's work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Australia and the United States. [5] His first museum show was a 1985 Viewpoints exhibition at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
In November 2014, three large oil paintings by Argue (Randomly Placed Exact Percentages (2009-2013), Genesis (2007-09) and Isotropic (2009-2013)) were installed in the lobby of One World Trade Center as part of the art collection of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the building. [6] [7] [8]
In 2015, during the Venice Biennale he exhibited Scattered Rhymes in the Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo on the Grand Canal. [9] [10]
In 2018, his work Footfalls Echo in Memory (2017), a re-visitation of Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, was both the source for choreography and part of the scenography for News of the World, a dance show performed by ODC/Dance. [11] [12]
Doug Argue: Letters to the Future (Skira, 2020)
Doug Argue | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Education | |
Notable work | Randomly Placed Exact Percentages (2009-2013) Isotropic (2009-2013) |
Website |
dougargue |
Doug Argue (born January 21, 1962, in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American painter based in New York City, New York, United States. [1]
After attending art classes at Bemidji State University and the University of Minnesota from 1980 to 1983, [2] Argue's early figurative works were influenced by German Expressionism. [2] During his two different trips to Venice, he was deeply moved by such 16th-century Italian painters as Titian and Tintoretto, whose massive Crucifixion moved him to begin creating more large-scale works. [2]
In 1989, after the birth of his son, Mattison, Argue's work started being characterized by the use of parts to render the idea of a whole. He chose chickens as protagonists in a saga where conventionally neglected creatures were turned into subjugated minorities. [3] [4]
Since 1983, Argue's work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Australia and the United States. [5] His first museum show was a 1985 Viewpoints exhibition at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
In November 2014, three large oil paintings by Argue (Randomly Placed Exact Percentages (2009-2013), Genesis (2007-09) and Isotropic (2009-2013)) were installed in the lobby of One World Trade Center as part of the art collection of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the building. [6] [7] [8]
In 2015, during the Venice Biennale he exhibited Scattered Rhymes in the Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo on the Grand Canal. [9] [10]
In 2018, his work Footfalls Echo in Memory (2017), a re-visitation of Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, was both the source for choreography and part of the scenography for News of the World, a dance show performed by ODC/Dance. [11] [12]
Doug Argue: Letters to the Future (Skira, 2020)