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Nick PeñaSPINNING PLATES - Circular Landscape Abstract Painting w/ Mid-Century Modern 2017
2017
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Peña’s works range from painting to multimedia installations that question the ever-changing psychological landscape of America; asking the viewer to re-examine their perceptions of the “American Dream” and the affects that pursuit has on our environment.
In SPINNING PLATES, Peña takes a more traditional approach to representing a house on a hill with bold and vivid colors and contrasts the image with a more abstracted and chaotic foreground consisting of pink teals and green shapes. The circular form of the piece is accentuated by a spinning motion created from cut Sintra board. The work is framed with a 1 inch white border.
- Creator:Nick Peña (American)
- Creation Year:2017
- Dimensions:Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Diameter: 40 in (101.6 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Signal Mountain, TN
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU98513404783
NICK PEÑA IS CURRENTLY DEPARTMENT CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ART IN THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT AT CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN MEMPHIS, TN. M.F.A. University of Missouri, Columbia, 2005 B.F.A. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2001 Nick Peña (b. Joliet, Illinois) is a visual artist and art educator with 10+ years of teaching art in higher education. His research focuses on the contemporary American landscape, the American Dream, and the effects that ideal has on both our environment and our national psyche. His paintings and installations play off the contrasts between past and present, representation and abstraction, and stability and instability. He has received numerous awards and his work has been exhibited throughout the United States and featured in New American Paintings multiple times. He’s participated as an artist in residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Crosstown Arts, and North Louisiana Virtual Residency, The Ross Lynn Charitable Foundation in partnership with North Central Louisiana Arts Council.
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