Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Steve Mumford, until March 27, Postmasters, New York

This exhibition will be Steve Mumford's fifth at Postmasters and it consists of 2 distinct groups of paintings; the large scale heroic figurative ones and the graffiti based text works. Steve new paintings continue to investigate the war in Iraq, based on his experiences from 6 trips to Iraq between 2003 and 2008. During that time Steve emailed his sketches to Artnet.com, which became visual record of his experiences in a series of 16 articles titled Baghdad Journal, An artist in Occupied Iraq.



Installation (couretesy of Postmasters)




"Dying Soldier" 2009, oil on linen, 92 x 80inches




"The Prostitutes" , 2009, oil on linen, 77 1/2 x 77 1/2 inches




"The Great Good Friends, (Suicide Bomber)" , 2010, oil on linen and mixed media, 32 x 36 inches





"Purple Heart" , 2009, oil on linen, 36 x 24 inches
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3 comments:

  1. DennyHollandStudioFebruary 24, 2010 at 1:42 AM

    Very powerful and moving work.

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  2. Stephen MagsigFebruary 24, 2010 at 2:17 AM

    I agree with Denny, very powerful and thought provoking. As a veteran and artist I wonder if artists didn't tell the World's stories who would.Thank you! Beautiful work!

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  3. UnknownFebruary 25, 2010 at 8:48 AM

    Thank you so much for bringing attention to these amazing artists and the wonderful places that exhibit them. It's good to see that there is a growing appreciation for representational art and the craft side of art.

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