ADAA online viewing room and new video featuring Donald Sultan

Featured in our first virtual viewing room for the ADAA, Mary Ryan Gallery is pleased to present a selection of drawings, prints and paintings by Donald Sultan. Featured are very recent drawings made by the artist in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a two minute video of the artist working at his home in Sag Harbor, New York. In addition to Sultan's spring 2020 drawings, on view are a selection of Mimosas, Poppies, and Button flowers.

Born in Asheville, NC (1951) Sultan is an internationally recognized artist known for pushing the boundaries of the still life tradition through the deconstruction of his subjects into basic forms as well as his use of industrial materials. His use of the mimosa tree in his practice began while he worked in southern France, and he has used it to pursue his interrogation of the space between abstraction and representation, the organic and the industrial. Other important flower shapes in his practice are the poppy and the “button poppy,” a hybrid shape that melds the button and remembrance poppy motifs.

Mimosa Feb 19 2019, 2019
Conte crayon, charcoal and enamel on paper
27 1/2 x 39 1/2 in (69.8 x 100.3 cm)

Mimosa (St Paul de Vence) Feb 7 2019, 2019
Conte crayon, enamel and graphite on paper
27 1/2 x 39 1/2 in (69.8 x 100.3 cm)

Mimosa Nov 20, 2019, 2019
Graphite and conte crayon on paper
27 1/2 x 39 1/2 in (69.8 x 100.3 cm)

Mimosa Oct 10, 2018, 2018
Conte crayon and charcoal on paper
48 1/4 x 60 1/2 in (122.6 x 153.7 cm)

Mimosas, October 2, 2006, 2006
Etching, aquatint and silkscreen
27 1/4 x 39 1/4 in (69.2 x 99.7 cm)
Edition of 90

12 Colors, 2007
Set of 12 silkscreens in 9 layers of color
25 x 20 1/4 in (63.5 x 51.4 cm) each
Edition of 50

Yellow Poppies, September 12, 2013, 2013
Screen print in 8 colors with flocking
19 x 20 in (48.3 x 50.8 cm)
Edition of 80

Blue Poppies, 2018, 2018
Screen print in 11 colors with flocking
19 x 20 in (48.3 x 50.8 cm)
Edition of 80

Eight Aqua Buttons Sept 6, 2018, 2018
Tar and enamel on masonite
36 x 72 in (91.4 x 182.9 cm)

Mimosa Jan 29 2019, 2019
Oil, tar and enamel on masonite
48 x 48 in (121.9 x 121.9 cm)

May 10 2020 Spring, 2020
Conte crayon, charcoal, and graphite on paper
14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Spring 2020 May, 2020
Conte crayon, charcoal, and graphite on paper
15 1/8 x 14 7/8 in (38.4 x 37.8 cm)

Spring May 22 2020, 2020
Conte crayon, charcoal, and graphite on paper
22 x 30 in (55.9 x 76.2 cm)