Lilies, October

Billy Sullivan

BornNationalityBased In
1946AmericanNew York City
Biography

born in 1946 in New York, where he lives, works, and teaches. Sullivan is best known for a diaristic practice that straddles the vitality of fleeting moments and the construction of retrieved remembrance. Raised in New York City, where he attended the School of Visual Arts, Sullivan came of age in the social milieus around Andy Warhol, Max’s Kansas City, and Parisian fashion designer Kenzo, even as he absorbed such influences as Fairfield Porter’s domestic realism and Joan Mitchell’s dynamic pastels. Sullivan’s paintings, drawings, and photographs are saturated with the intimacy of the “muses” in his own life, present and past—friends, lovers, artists, writers, allies and other collaborators, both known and obscure. Noted for their loose, gestural mark-making and unexpected color combinations, his portraits and still lifes draw viewers into the atmosphere as participants rather than mere observers. ...

Selected Artworks
Lilies, October
Klaus, East Hampton
Klaus in Tulum
Billy SullivanKlaus in Tulum, 2003
182.9 x 133.4cm
Leo & Jesse 2
Billy SullivanLeo & Jesse 2, 2008
106.7 x 162.6cm
Klaus & Clarissa, 29 palms
Agyness London
Christian 1.21.08
John Green Socks 1
Celia Cruz
Billy SullivanCelia Cruz, 1992
33 x 24.8cm
Patricia 2.17.09
Naomi
Billy SullivanNaomi, 1996
25.4 x 35.6cm
David #1
Billy SullivanDavid #1, 1998
36.2 x 26cm
Jackie Curtis 3
Jane Car  #2
Billy SullivanJane Car #2, 1971
151.61 x 101.63cm
Clarissa, East Hampton,
Gallery Representation
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