Duggie Fields - “A Maximalist”

Duggie Fields - Self-Portrait (click photo for larger image)Duggied Fields - First Family - Paintings (click photo for larger image)Multi-talented artist British artist Duggie Fields was born in Tidworth, England, in 1945. He spent his youth in the English countryside with his family, then briefly studied architecture at Regent Street Polytechnic.

In 1964, Duggie studied at the Chelsea School of Art for four years, before leaving, in 1968, on a scholarship that brought him to the USA.

Duggie’s work certainly is well placed in the realm of Pop Art, alongside such masters as Andy Warhol and Roy Lictenstein, although Duggie’s art is sometimes referred to as “post pop”. His work embodies an enormous range of iconographical and thematic influences, ranging from the traditional to kitsch. Everything intersects beautifully in his work--which Duggie refers to as “maximalist”.

Take a magical journey through this fascinating artist’s wonders on his website. Duggie Fields lives and work in London. His art is featured in a variety of contexts and venues internationally.

Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective

Roy Lichtenstein - Jar and Apples - 1980 - Oil and Magna on canvas - 36 x 40 in. - Private collection (click photo for larger image)Anyone who’s planning on being in Washington, D.C. in the near future should check out this great exhibit! “'Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective', the first major survey of the artist’s work since his death, at 73, in 1997, is at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, where it is being presented in 14 thematic sections.”

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Lichtenstein was definitely the most sophisticated of the Pop artists of his day. This exhibit promises to be a fascinating presentation of his work.

LA MoCA Pulls Out of Richard Hamilton Retrospective

Glorious Techniculture - Richard Hamilton (British,1922–2011)British printmaker and painter Richard Hamilton (1922-2011) is regarded by many as the original pop artist.

“The Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Los Angeles, has pulled out of a Richard Hamilton retrospective, after the abrupt departure of its long-standing chief curator, Paul Schimmel at the end of June. Schimmel is the co-curator of the Hamilton exhibition.”

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Dulwich Picture Gallery to Mount First UK Showing of Andy Warhol: The Portfolios

Andy Warhol, Muhammad Ali (3 of 4), 1978, Screenprint, 47.75 x 39.5cm, Bank of America Collection, Image © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2011.Andy Warhol is one of those figures whose character and legend somewhat overshadow his talents. But he was a giant in the realm of silk-screen printing--and this exhibit will definitely be worth seeing--for those of you who can get there!

LONDON.- Dulwich Picture Gallery announced its summer exhibition Andy Warhol: The Portfolios, Bank of America Collection. The exhibition will focus on the period 1962-1984 during which Warhol focused almost exclusively on the silk-screen printing method.

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'Andy Warhol sketch found' in US garage sale

Kind of an ugly painting--in my view--but it does give a sense of what's to come from Warhol. The bright colors, unusual background pattern and such are a glimpse of things to come.

From the BBC:

"A collector who bought a batch of paintings in a US garage sale has found what is believed to be a sketch by pop artist Andy Warhol among them.

Businessman Andy Fields, 48, from Tiverton, Devon, paid $5 (£3) for the five paintings in Las Vegas in 2010.

When he decided to reframe one of the paintings he found the sketch hidden behind it.

He has been told by a valuer that the sketch could be worth £1.3m - but says he does not want to sell it."

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