About The Work
In 6 Tulips, Bleckner depicts flowers that are profuse and brightly colored, deliquesced, scraped away, and abstracted until they become blurs of paint. Whether featuring abstract patterns of stripes and dots or more representational imagery like birds and flowers, Bleckner’s work evokes the optical illusions of Op Art and the enigmatic luminosity found in Yayoi Kusama’s Polka-dot paintings. To this day, Bleckner is the youngest artist to receive a mid-career retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, at the age of 45. His paintings can be found in several major museums, such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, among others.
About Ross Bleckner
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Archival pigment print on Innova Etching Cotton Rag
30.00 x 30.00 in
76.2 x 76.2 cm
This work is signed by the Artist on recto, lower right
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About The Work
In 6 Tulips, Bleckner depicts flowers that are profuse and brightly colored, deliquesced, scraped away, and abstracted until they become blurs of paint. Whether featuring abstract patterns of stripes and dots or more representational imagery like birds and flowers, Bleckner’s work evokes the optical illusions of Op Art and the enigmatic luminosity found in Yayoi Kusama’s Polka-dot paintings. To this day, Bleckner is the youngest artist to receive a mid-career retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, at the age of 45. His paintings can be found in several major museums, such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, among others.
About Ross Bleckner
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Art for Democracy: Bid or Buy Now
- News & Events: 9 Artists to Watch This May
- Interviews & Features: '80s Art Star Eric Fischl on How Artists Can Find Their Second Act
- Interviews & Features: Artist-Critic Walter Robinson on Painting Desire in a Been-There, Done-That Age
- Art 101: The Most Compelling Artists to Follow on Instagram
- This work is framed. Frame measurements are 36.75" x 36.75" x 2.25".
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