Wayne Gonzales

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Wayne Gonzales
Born1957 (age 65–66)
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Alma mater University of New Orleans

Wayne Gonzales (born 1957) is an American painter, whose work confronts the conversations between photography, history, and memory. [1] He is based in New York City. [1]

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Early life and education

Wayne Gonzales was born in 1957 in New Orleans, Louisiana. [2] [3] He grew up on the same street as Lee Harvey Oswald, which inspired his later art work. [1] [4] Gonzales earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985, from the University of New Orleans. [1]

He moved to New York City in the late 1980s. [1] Early in his career Gonzales worked as a studio assistant for artist Peter Halley. [1] His first solo exhibition was in 1997. [1]

Work

Gonzales' paintings depict scenes of American Culture by using sources of imagery often taken from mass media and the internet. [5] He uses factual components to find instinctive connections to abstraction through painting. Up close, the paintings appear pixelated; once glanced from a far the pixelation comes together and forms an intricate image much like Op Art. [6] [7] Gonzales became well known for presenting socially and political imagery, such as his paintings based around the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. [8] This body of work gained much acknowledgement when it opened at Paula Cooper Gallery in 2001. [1] [9]

His work has traveled to galleries and museums across the world where he has exhibited in group and solo shows. [8]

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  2. ↑ "Prospect New Orleans Announces Participating Artists for Its Fourth Edition". Artforum.com. May 23, 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  3. ↑ Eklund, Douglas; Alteveer, Ian; Brown, Meredith A.; Miller, John; Olmsted, Kathryn; Saunders, Beth; Lethem, Jonathan (2018-09-17). Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 172. ISBN   978-1-58839-659-4.
  4. ↑ Sargent, Antwaun (2018-11-01). "Seven Artists on the Warhol Influence (Published 2018)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  5. 1 2 "Waiting Crowd". Guggenheim. 2008-01-01. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  6. ↑ Smith, Roberta (2010-08-05). "Varieties of Abstraction (Published 2010)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  7. ↑ "Art in Review (Published 2009)". The New York Times. 2009-11-26. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  8. 1 2 "Wayne Gonzales: Light To Dark / Dark To Light". New Orleans Museum of Art. 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  9. ↑ "Art Listings (Published 2001)". The New York Times. 2001-04-29. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  10. ↑ "Twelve". www.albrightknox.org. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  11. ↑ "Carousel Club". Dallas Museum of Art. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
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