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The Bees and the Ants #1

The Bees and the Ants #1

Dean Byington

Dean Byington engages the graphic style of 19th-century illustrated books to create his dense, even overwhelming landscapes. These are the result of a complex process of layering and translating reproduced imagery in different mediums. Byington begins by photocopying his own drawings and found book illustrations. He then collages the photocopies and scans the resulting compositions. Byington uses silkscreens he produces from these digital files to transfer the imagery onto canvas. Lastly, he finishes by hand painting atop and around the printed imagery.
Artist/Maker
Dean Byington
(American, b. 1958)
Title
The Bees and the Ants #1
Date
2003
Material & Process
Oil on linen
Dimensions
84 x 69 7/8 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Joseph Cunningham and Bruce Barnes in honor of the de Waart Family
Inventory No.
2019.5
Classification
Paintings
Location
United States

Related

Leslie Tonkonow Artworks & Projects (New York, NY); 2005, acquired by Melva Bucksbaum; October 2018, sold by Christie’s (New York, NY) via auction [sale 16334, The Collection of Melva Bucksbaum: Post-War and Contemporary Art, Photographs and Prints, lot 531] to Joseph Cunningham and Bruce Barnes (Philadelphia, PA); 2018, gifted to Chazen Museum of Art

  • "Dean Byington." Gallery Paule Anglim, 2003. pp. 12-13

  • Recent Acquisitions From the Chazen Museum of Art Permanent Collection: , 7/14/2020–8/31/2021
  • Dean Byington: Terra Incognita: Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 6/26/2009–9/13/2009
  • Dean Byington: Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California, 2/12/2003–3/8/2003

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