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Catalog Number |
1999.02 |
Title |
Mixmaster |
Artist |
Blagg, Daniel |
Date |
1990 |
Medium |
Oil |
Material |
Oil/Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-48 L-72 inches |
Accession number |
1999.02 |
Description |
This painting offers a view from above an over pass, like an interstate but the view is from the top bridge with a open view of other bridges and down at the highway below. Daniel Blagg stated the following regarding his art, "As an artist, I think that I don't know all the motives that draw me to a subject. It is both simple and complex, and I prefer to leave it a mystery. I can only say that even though I paint in a realistic way, I try to avoid formula and style. What I hope comes out in the end is the raw signature of emotional observation." Daniel Blagg (1951) is a well-known figure of the contemporary Fort Worth art scene and has worked in the DFW area for over four decades. Blagg creates compositions that are both large-scale and intimate, familiar and unfamiliar, through his realistic style and chosen subject matter. Inspired by the surroundings of his studio warehouse on the outskirts of Fort Worth, his paintings of deteriorating road signs, empty streets, and vacant buildings examine urban decay and the byproducts of American capitalism. |
Caption |
Mixmaster |
Culture |
American |
Collection |
TMA |
Cataloged by |
Tomio, Kimberley Bush |
Credit Line |
Gift of the artist |
Source |
Daniel Blagg |