Artist Information:
Robert Lucy
New York City, NY
United States
Member Since: Jul 2009
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Artist Statement:
My most recent group of work
includes paintings and
drawings of dolls and toys.
The sources for these works
are my own photographs taken
in antique malls and junk
shops off of the highway
during cross-country trips
with my boyfriend.
The dolls and toys in the
source photographs are
abandoned, neglected and
forgotten, yet through the act
of art making, painting and
drawing, they seem to become
animated, like Olympia in
“Tales of Hoffman”.
These “portraits” are
obsessively worked and set
against flat, pop-y
backgrounds of radiating lines
or stripes, making the
subjects appear to almost jump
out from the two dimensional
surface of the canvas or
paper.
These works, both funny and
sad, make an attempt to
investigate the darker
emotional complexity of
childhood and to discover the
transformative qualities of
the artist as craftsman.
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Robert Lucy's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Robert Lucy's Portfolio.
My most recent group of work includes paintings and drawings of dolls and toys. The sources for these works are my own photographs taken in antique malls and junk shops off of the highway during cross-country trips with my boyfriend.
The dolls and toys in the source photographs are abandoned, neglected and forgotten, yet through the act of art making, painting and drawing, they seem to become animated, like Olympia in “Tales of Hoffman”.
These “portraits” are obsessively worked and set against flat, pop-y backgrounds of radiating lines or stripes, making the subjects appear to almost jump out from the two dimensional surface of the canvas or paper.
These works, both funny and sad, make an attempt to investigate the darker emotional complexity of childhood and to discover the transformative qualities of the artist as craftsman.
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