Donald Sultan: Mimosas, Poppies and Camelias
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.
Conte crayon, charcoal and enamel on paper, 27 1/2 x 39 1/2 in (69.8 x 100.3 cm)
Graphite and conte crayon on paper, 27 1/2 x 39 1/2 in (69.8 x 100.3 cm)
Conte crayon, enamel and graphite on paper, 27 1/2 x 39 1/2 in (69.8 x 100.3 cm)
Conte crayon and charcoal on paper, 48 1/4 x 60 1/2 in (122.6 x 153.7 cm)
Etching, aquatint and silkscreen, 27 1/4 x 39 1/4 in (69.2 x 99.7 cm), Edition of 90
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
Screen print in 8 colors with flocking, 19 x 20 in (48.3 x 50.8 cm), Edition of 80
Screen print in 11 colors with flocking, 19 x 20 in (48.3 x 50.8 cm), Edition of 80
Tar and enamel on masonite, 36 x 72 in (91.4 x 182.9 cm)
Oil, tar and enamel on masonite, 48 x 48 in (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
Conte crayon, charcoal, and graphite on paper
14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Conte crayon, charcoal, and graphite on paper, 15 1/8 x 14 7/8 in (38.4 x 37.8 cm)
Conte crayon, charcoal, and graphite on paper, 22 x 30 in (55.9 x 76.2 cm)