Alan Ebnother
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Alan Ebnother | |
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 Photographer Jennah Ward has extensively documented Ebnother's unique painting techniques. | |
| Born | December 26, 1952 Alameda, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
| Movement | Monochrome painting, postminimalism, concrete art |
Alan Ebnother (born December 26, 1952, Alameda, California, United States) is a contemporary American artist. His practice as an artist is usually associated with monochrome, concrete, modernist, post, color-based, radical, minimalist, and abstract painting.[1]
Life and work[edit]
There is nothing to paint, except paint itself.[citation needed]
— Alan Ebnother
Ebnother has been living and working in Stanley, New Mexico since 2000.[2][3] He mixes and grinds his own pigments.[2] His oils, in hand-ground dry pigment on stretched linen and wood panels, are characterized by rich impasto, dense pigmentation, and dense markings.[according to whom?]
Ebnother trained as a ballet dancer.[3] He has said that he considers painting and dance to be similar art forms: "Painting is a very sensual and tactile experience, as is dance. Both rely on instinctual decisions, with the critical eye entering and judging after the act.”[4] His understanding of elevation, extension, and balance comes through in his dispersed composition and the agility of his paint handling.[according to whom?] The high pigment-to-oil ratio and furrowed surfaces of these paintings combine to create an unusually saturated color with a grounded, concrete physicality.[according to whom?] For a decade, he worked in monochromatic whites and greens,[5] but his palette has diversified since 2008.[3]
Solo exhibitions (retrospective): Paintings, Room for Painting Room for Paper. San Francisco, California (2009), Reduxion, Maria Elena Gonzalez- Alan Ebnother, Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel Switzerland (2009),Paintings on Paper, Imprints, Le Vieux Village, France (2008), Painting, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, Texas (2007), Small Paintings, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart, Germany (2008), Painting on Paper, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart, Germany (2003), Paintings, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Newport Beach, California (1999) New Paintings, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart, Germany (1998), Painting, Galerie Alf-Krister Job, Mainz, Germany (1998), Alan Ebnother, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1997), Alan Ebnother, Galerie Orms, Innsbruck, Austrian (1997), Alan Ebnother-Kulturraum Kirche, Evangelische Kirche, Taunusstein-Bleidenstadt, Germany (1996).[1][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Alan Ebnother". ArtSlant Worldwide. ArtSlant, Inc. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b Ashley, Chris (April 1, 2005). "Interview with Alan Ebnother". Minus Space. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ a b c "Alan Ebnother". New Mexico Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Alan Ebnother BIO". PETER BLAKE GALLERY. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ "Alan Ebnother - 1 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ "Alan Ebnother". GeorgeLawsonGallery.com. George Lawson Gallery. August 10, 2009. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
Further reading[edit]
- Collins, Jeffrey (January 19, 2008). "Alan Ebnother is painting red..." Jeffrey Collins: On Painting. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- Hallard, Brent (August 10, 2009). "Suspension in Blue – Alan Ebnother". Visual Discrepancies. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American painters
- American male painters
- 21st-century American painters
- 21st-century American male artists
- American contemporary painters
- Minimalist artists
- American modern painters
- Painters from California
- Painters from New Mexico
- People from Alameda, California
- American postmodern artists
- People from Stanley, New Mexico
- 20th-century American male artists