Where does great art come from? Damian Elwes paints legendary artist studios to find out

Where does great art come from? Damian Elwes paints legendary artist studios to find out | Unit

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Damian Elwes’ latest solo exhibition with Unit continues his exploration of iconic artists and their studios. Above all, Elwes is interested in human creativity and his examination of artists’ studios endlessly fuels his curiosity on the subject.
A culmination of meticulous research and extensive imagination, Studio Visit weaves through the spaces of numerous different artists, including Pablo Picasso, Yayoi Kusama, Henri Matisse, Damien Hirst, Frida Kahlo and many more.
Join us for the opening Private View of Studio Visit at Unit on Thursday 11 July. RSVP is essential, please register your attendance here: hs.unitlondon....
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@mattbray_studio 9 күн бұрын

fantastic work

@Planet432 3 ай бұрын

Excellent Love!

@AndrewLavers 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful. I love Damian's paintings.

@kerryfletcher8114 2 ай бұрын

That's great, (what you're doing)! ❤

@IMAInteriors 7 ай бұрын

Extremely interesting perspective!

@falldogii 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful painting.

@BackAlleyRecords 7 ай бұрын

Very cool works!

@maldy1 4 ай бұрын

Amazing work!

@carissafisher7514 20 күн бұрын

What a cool idea. The art studio of famous artists! Better than these art Basel fairs. Keep it up!

@plumeretbonnet 6 ай бұрын

es muy genial, muy interesante. me interpela, gracias.

@visittavee7773 Ай бұрын

I like his art very much .

@StephenHeigh 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! My dad served in WWII with Roy Lichtenstein and they drew maps together and did reconnaissance for the 69th Infantry Combat Engineers Battalion. They were all throughout Europe together in England, France, Belgium and Germany during the war. Roy was unknown at the time, but they did do some large paintings together of army cartoons for a commander as an odd job. My dad went on to design Future cars in the Advanced Styling Division of Ford Lincoln Mercury and then design directed four major companies in his art and design career. Roy got his break with Leo Castelli when he took on representing him and gave him a solo show that sold out before it even opened. I think Warhol came to Leo first and Leo did not take Warhol and then about a week or so later Roy showed up and Leo liked his work more and the rest is art history. I believe this was in the early 1960's. I think Roy was teaching at Rutgers University and a man named Alan Kaprow was doing these gatherings of artists called "Happenings" and Alan taught at the same university and that's when Rauschenberg and Johns and Roy all met at these happenings. Roy was unsure about what he was doing with the cartoon type work and kind of had them tucked away and Kaprow saw something tucked away and asked Roy what is that? He then kind of nudged him to go try and get gallery representation with that work. There's some youtube videos of Leo Castelli talking about his thoughts on artists. I'm a painter but most of my art career was spent working within major corporations as a graphic designer/ illustrator. I always kept painting and so now at age 64 have found a sort of rebirth in my art career as a painter and doing well with it. It's a journey.