A Cold Mouth

Gladys Nilsson

A Cold Mouth, 196830.5 x 35.5cmSign in to view price
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Material
acrylic on plexiglass 
Description
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This whimsical contemporary artwork features a vibrant, chaotic composition of fantastical creatures and abstract shapes. The colors are bold and playful, with a mix of oranges, blues, and pinks that create a lively, almost cartoonish aesthetic. The shapes are organic and imaginative, blending recognizable elements like feet and limbs with more abstract, surreal forms. The artist's distinctive style and technique appears to merge elements of pop art, surrealism, and children's illustration, resulting in a visually striking and imaginative piece that invites the viewer to engage with its playful, dreamlike world. ...

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Gladys Nilsson
Artist
Gladys Nilsson
B.1940, American

Gladys Nilsson, one of the Chicago Imagists, a group of artists prevalent in the 1960s who were associated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Their distinctively graphic and unwaveringly vibrant artworks spanned a range of media, from painting and printmaking to drawing and sculpture. Specifically, Nilsson experimented with dreamlike watercolours and collages that used the full spectrum of the colour wheel and an excess of different shapes, creating playful tapestries rich with movement and imagery. Shapes and body parts swirl into one another, creating a fluid visual language influenced by Nilsson’s love of comics and interest in commercial signage. ...

Gladys Nilsson: Artworks
A Cold Mouth
Gladys Nilsson
A Cold Mouth, 1968
30.5 x 35.5cm
More Fowl Beasts
Gladys Nilsson
More Fowl Beasts, 1970
56.5 x 74.9cm
Rented Bathing Suits
Gladys Nilsson
Rented Bathing Suits, 1965
17.1 x 19.7cm
Untitled (Boots)
Gladys Nilsson
Untitled (Boots), 1969
31.8 x 22.9cm
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