Joshua Nathanson

Joshua Nathanson

BornNationalityBased In
1976AmericanLos Angeles
Biography

Blending modernist painting traditions with contemporary ways of seeing, Joshua Nathanson creates large-scale, colourful and chaotic yet strangely cohesive paintings. Bridging representation and abstraction, digital and real, the works appear psychedelic in their Kandinsky-like composition, amplified by hyper-modern concerns and imagery. In his practice, Nathanson uses handmade brushes and paints, as well as his fingers, palette knives, airbrushes and iPads, to create vibrant patterns and layered perspectives, which only appear to be abstract. From the immediacy of lived experience to mental health issues and anxiety induced by the rush of living in the contemporary moment, Nathanson’s paintings tackle that which is familiar in chaotic and exuberant experiments. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Selected Artworks
funny how sumtimes im v thirsty but other times water tastes v gross & sumtimes i ❤ shopping but other times im a meatsack waiting to die
Joshua Nathanson
funny how sumtimes im v thirsty but other times water tastes v gross & sumtimes i ❤ shopping but other times im a meatsack waiting to die, 2016
213.36 x 154.94 x 3.81cm
Turbulence
Joshua Nathanson
Turbulence, 2016
213.36 x 154.94 x 3.81cm
time to buy some new hobbies
Joshua Nathanson
time to buy some new hobbies, 2016
213.36 x 154.94 x 3.81cm
Red Ant
Joshua Nathanson
Red Ant, 2016
213.36 x 154.94 x 3.81cm
Blanket
Joshua Nathanson
Blanket, 2016
213.36 x 154.94 x 3.81cm
mixed feelings on the passage of time
Joshua Nathanson
mixed feelings on the passage of time, 2016
241.3 x 426.72 x 3.81cm
One More Guy
Joshua Nathanson
One More Guy, 2016
187.96 x 137.16 x 3.81cm
Oscar's Raisins
Joshua Nathanson
Oscar's Raisins, 2017
187.96 x 137.16 x 3.81cm
Pond in the Woods
Joshua Nathanson
Pond in the Woods, 2017
213.36 x 154.94 x 3.81cm
Terminal Advance
Joshua Nathanson
Terminal Advance, 2017
187.96 x 137.16 x 3.81cm
Emotional Support
Joshua Nathanson
Emotional Support, 2017
213.36 x 154.94 x 3.81cm
Delayed Departure
Joshua Nathanson
Delayed Departure, 2017
266.7 x 111.76 x 185.42cm
Fissure
Joshua Nathanson
Fissure, 2017
187.96 x 137.16 x 3.81cm
Shitty Kaleidoscope
Joshua Nathanson
Shitty Kaleidoscope, 2017
213.36 x 154.94 x 3.81cm
Attaché
Joshua Nathanson
Attaché, 2017
213.36 x 154.94cm
Real Nature
Joshua Nathanson
Real Nature, 2017
396.24 x 182.88 x 137.16cm
Totally Fine
Joshua Nathanson
Totally Fine, 2017
187.96 x 137.16 x 3.81cm
Tea Kettle
Joshua Nathanson
Tea Kettle, 2019
30.48 x 25.4cm
Runoff
Joshua Nathanson
Runoff, 2019
30.48 x 25.4cm
Frog
The Frog
Joshua Nathanson
The Frog, 2018
58.42 x 51.44cm
The Toast
Joshua Nathanson
The Toast, 2018
58.42 x 51.44cm
Manifold
Joshua Nathanson
Manifold, 2018
213.36 x 188.59cm
Forest Lawn
Joshua Nathanson
Forest Lawn, 2017
213.36 x 154.94 x 3.81cm
How Do You Trust Yourself?
Joshua Nathanson
How Do You Trust Yourself?, 2017
241.3 x 175.26 x 3.81cm
Blue
Joshua Nathanson
Blue, 2018
175.26 x 154.94cm
Birth of Geometry
Joshua Nathanson
Birth of Geometry, 2019
163.83 x 185.42 x 3.81cm
Forgotten World
Joshua Nathanson
Forgotten World, 2019
30.48 x 25.4cm
Gallery Representation
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