Show Girl

Karl Wirsum

Show Girl, 196986.5 x 61cmSign in to view price
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Material
acrylic on canvas 
Description
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This vibrant abstract artwork features a striking composition of bold colors, shapes, and patterns. At the center, a large, menacing creature emerges, with intricate tentacles and a gaping mouth. Surrounding it are bursts of yellow, red, and orange that create a dynamic, psychedelic atmosphere. The artist employs a distinctive style, blending surreal, organic forms with a vivid, almost hallucinatory palette. This visually arresting piece likely reflects the artist's exploration of the subconscious and the interplay between the natural and supernatural worlds. ...

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Karl Wirsum
Artist
Karl Wirsum
B.1939, American

Karl Wirsum’s artistic practice is inspired by live, improvised music of blues he witnessed as a child at Maxwell Street Market, an open-air flea market in Chicago. Just like improvised sound and rhythm, his drawings and paintings are intuitive and bold in colour, rarely retouched or corrected, depicting figures, musicians and other sources from the vibrant community of street markets. Through his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and friendship with Don Baum, chairman of Hyde Park Art Center, Wirsum joined the Hairy Who, a group of artists who collectively organised six exhibitions between 1966 and 1969. Having had unintentionally come up with the collective’s name, Wirsum’s outrageous in colour and style works were a source of inspiration to the rest of the Hairy Who. Portraying often symmetrical figures blended with strongly outlined, bright patterns, Wirsum created unique works that, alongside his friends at the Hairy Who, transformed the artistic landscape of Chicago. ...

Karl Wirsum: Artworks
Ice Pick Nick Fisherman
Karl Wirsum
Ice Pick Nick Fisherman, 1979
55.9 x 7.2 x 9.5cm
Saw Saw Saw,
Karl Wirsum
Saw Saw Saw,, 1966
27.9 x 34.9cm
Show Girl
Karl Wirsum
Show Girl, 1969
86.5 x 61cm
We Got Nuthun to Hyde! Unique Art Auction at 8/Special Fund Razor
Karl Wirsum
We Got Nuthun to Hyde! Unique Art Auction at 8/Special Fund Razor, 1974
34.29 x 25.4cm
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