Love Around the Corner, 2020
Painting : resin, mixed media · 91 x 91 x 10 cm 35.8 x 35.8 x 3.9 inch
$12,255
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Painting : Unique artwork
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Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed
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resin , mixed media on board
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91 x 91 x 10 cm 35.8 x 35.8 x 3.9 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Description
Craig Alan is an artist with a restless eye, pushing the boundaries of visual expression without constraints. Alan’s body of work references numerous styles from pop-surrealism to magic realism to neo expressionist abstraction and representation. His most recent work, which he refers to as the Populus series, steps out- side the tropes of those well-worn formal enterprises with strikingly original images created from hundreds of tiny figures on a white ground.
At first glance the paintings look like aerial photographs, though a closer inspection reveals that they are painstakingly hand-painted. The images had their genesis in some photos Alan was taking of a wedding party from a high-rise balcony. “Later on that evening I noticed, in one shot, the group of people appeared to have formed an eye. That’s all it took to get the gears moving fast, that one photo is what started it all,” according to Alan.
“Each piece will contain a range of 400 to 1,800 people in it depending on the type of work it is,” says Alan. The creative process is labor intensive: “I can spend anywhere up to 150 working hours and beyond on one section of a painting depending on the size however, I like to work on more than one painting at a time, I like the challenge, and it sparks new ideas.”
These images have a real “wow” factor to them that comes from the realization that the larger picture is composed of so many intricately rendered figures. “It’s rewarding for me as an artist to watch people’s re- action to my work and to see them get such enjoyment out of it,” says Alan. He hopes that viewers of these paintings will realize “that we are all part of something greater than ourselves, and if we work together, we could achieve greater balance . . . not in a religious sense but rather a universal sense.”
At first glance the paintings look like aerial photographs, though a closer inspection reveals that they are painstakingly hand-painted. The images had their genesis in some photos Alan was taking of a wedding party from a high-rise balcony. “Later on that evening I noticed, in one shot, the group of people appeared to have formed an eye. That’s all it took to get the gears moving fast, that one photo is what started it all,” according to Alan.
“Each piece will contain a range of 400 to 1,800 people in it depending on the type of work it is,” says Alan. The creative process is labor intensive: “I can spend anywhere up to 150 working hours and beyond on one section of a painting depending on the size however, I like to work on more than one painting at a time, I like the challenge, and it sparks new ideas.”
These images have a real “wow” factor to them that comes from the realization that the larger picture is composed of so many intricately rendered figures. “It’s rewarding for me as an artist to watch people’s re- action to my work and to see them get such enjoyment out of it,” says Alan. He hopes that viewers of these paintings will realize “that we are all part of something greater than ourselves, and if we work together, we could achieve greater balance . . . not in a religious sense but rather a universal sense.”
Presentation
Born in 1971 in San Bernardino, California, and raised in the Atlanta area, Craig Alan is an American contemporary artist, painter, illustrator, and multimedia creator internationally renowned for his celebrated Populus series, in which hundreds, even thousands, of tiny hand-painted figures compose monumental portraits of iconic figures from world culture. His work now occupies a unique position at the intersection of contemporary Pop Art , narrative figuration, and conceptual art.
Drawn to drawing from a young age, Craig Alan developed his artistic skills independently before pursuing formal training in visual arts at the University of Mobile, where he specialized in studio art and graduated with a distinction for academic excellence. His works were selected for the prestigious Art with a Southern Drawl exhibition, which chose forty-two pieces from over 1,600 submissions. Concurrently, further training in theatre, makeup, and set design enriched his approach to volume, composition, and mixed media techniques.
Before dedicating himself fully to his artistic career, he created street portraits in New Orleans, a pivotal experience that honed his mastery of the human figure. This fascination with the body and the multitude forms the foundation of his visual language. His work explores how the individual fits into a larger community, bringing forth iconic images from countless singular lives.
His Populus series, which has become his international signature, originated from a chance observation of guests gathered at a wedding on an Alabama beach. Seen from a balcony, the crowd formed an unexpected silhouette that inspired the artist to develop a new mode of representation. Since then, Craig Alan has created portraits of personalities such as Marilyn Monroe , Freddie Mercury, Nelson Mandela, Salvador Dalí , and John Lennon, each figure literally composed of a multitude of meticulously detailed miniature characters.
This original aesthetic explores notions of community, collective identity, and cultural memory. Blending contemporary portraiture, figurative art , mixed media, and graphic research, Craig Alan creates works where individual details contribute to the emergence of a larger whole. Some compositions feature up to 1,800 figures and require over one hundred hours of manual labor.
The artist exhibits regularly in the United States, Canada, and Europe. He participates in several major art fairs, including SCOPE Art Show, CONTEXT Art Miami, and the Palm Beach Art Show. Some of his works, notably Populus Nelson Mandela, have achieved international virality and boosted his profile among both the general public and collectors.
Through a body of work where the multitude becomes image and where each individual participates in a collective vision, Craig Alan reinvents the codes of Pop Art, contemporary portraiture , and narrative figuration. His work reflects a humanist vision of each person's place in society and establishes his position among the most recognizable American artists of his generation.
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