Sebastian Black

Thank you. Thank you. Now I would like to talk about how the Bush administration covered up the tapestry of Guernica by the entrance to the U.N. Security Council with some blue curtains [ears] so that those poor ladies wouldn’t have to watch Colin Powell’s W.[mouth] M.[eyes] D.[nose] slideshow. Nelson Rockefeller commissioned that tapestry and gave it to the U.N. to promote peace on earth. What would he say about such hijinks? He who had Lenin sandblasted [whiskers] off his Diego Rivera mural might have offered valuable insight! Oh those poor Guernican gals! With their hands like baseball mitts and their ears like clam fritters, [muzzle] forced to listen while Secretary Powell made his terrible case. I hope they find peace and quiet. Once in Italy I saw a painting of a damsel. She had a an ivory bosom and dimples [pupils] where her knuckles should have been. She was in the middle of a gilt frame in the middle of a great hall [muzzle, head] where nobody was saying anything. I hope they find peace like that, 2018152.4 x 114.3cmPrice on Request

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Oil on linenClearingNew York City

Description

Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This abstract painting showcases a vibrant and dynamic composition. The canvas is filled with an array of geometric shapes in various shades of gray, blue, yellow, and white, creating a sense of depth and movement. The artist has masterfully employed a minimalist style, using bold forms and contrasting colors to produce a visually striking and thought-provoking piece. While the subject matter is not immediately recognizable, the work invites the viewer to engage with the interplay of shapes and explore the underlying themes or concepts the artist aims to convey. ...

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Artist

Sebastian Black

1985 , American

Sebastian Black is a painter and sculptor who depicts colourful, fragmented and multi-layered forms that confuse the delineation between abstraction and representation. Black’s paintings are playful, satirising the art world, the stereotypically sombre eye of the critic, and the outlandish speculations made by viewers when trying to determine the meaning of an artwork. An ode to the cubism of the early 20th century, Black’s works are like the Rorschach test; some portray drooping dog’s faces that also appear like female forms if viewed in a different way. Black seeks to unpick and reimagine the notion of abstraction in order to manipulate the viewer’s relationship, both with his works and with their own perceptions. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Sebastian Black: Artworks

Sebastian BlackB (muzzle) U (ear) ren, M(nose)o(eye)sset, Parmenti(pupil)er, Toro(eye)ni(pupil).“No gestures!” (Whiskers) Said the guys, slashing the air.“New gestures!” that is. All very French. On a related note: When I tap U (ear) my phone suggests I. Is that a thought or its obviation?, 2016Price on Request

Sebastian BlackLoanzy Dip, 2015Price on Request

Sebastian BlackPink Deposit, 2015Price on Request

Sebastian BlackThank you. Thank you. Now I would like to talk about how the Bush administration covered up the tapestry of Guernica by the entrance to the U.N. Security Council with some blue curtains [ears] so that those poor ladies wouldn’t have to watch Colin Powell’s W.[mouth] M.[eyes] D.[nose] slideshow. Nelson Rockefeller commissioned that tapestry and gave it to the U.N. to promote peace on earth. What would he say about such hijinks? He who had Lenin sandblasted [whiskers] off his Diego Rivera mural might have offered valuable insight! Oh those poor Guernican gals! With their hands like baseball mitts and their ears like clam fritters, [muzzle] forced to listen while Secretary Powell made his terrible case. I hope they find peace and quiet. Once in Italy I saw a painting of a damsel. She had a an ivory bosom and dimples [pupils] where her knuckles should have been. She was in the middle of a gilt frame in the middle of a great hall [muzzle, head] where nobody was saying anything. I hope they find peace like that, 2018Price on Request

Sebastian BlackSecond to last supper, 2020Price on Request

Sebastian BlackYellow gesture, 2021Price on Request

Sebastian BlackIndia by the Pool, 2020Price on Request

Sebastian BlackGrant's Pool, 2020Price on Request

Sebastian BlackThe Midwife, 2021Price on Request

Sebastian BlackSelf-Portrait As A Good Boy 6, 2020Price on Request

Sebastian BlackPeriod piece, 2015Price on Request

Sebastian BlackBercy Embankment, 2015Price on Request

Sebastian BlackBank Desk Embankment, 2015Price on Request

Sebastian BlackThe job of us artists is to draw new lines. All the old lines are straight [whiskers], even the curvy ones and us artists gotta draw new ones. Us American artists, we thought the road was really something. For a hundred years we poked at its vanishing point [mouth] with our thoughts. Like sea lions we thought we could balance our dreams on its pointed tip [nose]. Like sea lions we were wrong! Us artists need to learn more from the Parisian Communards who barricaded the streets but pierced the houses [eyes, pupils] and flowed thataway. They “found flowers [muzzle] which are chairs” said Rimbaud confusingly. Oh artists! We are the Most Influential Artist’s of, 2018Price on Request

Sebastian BlackThere were six long art students, thin like spaghetti, standing around the nude model [whiskers]. The model posed with her head thrust forward and her fingers locked together behind her back [nose, mouth]. Her stage was a little round platform with a blanket thrown over it [muzzle]. The art students looked up at her and one by one broke their vine charcoal into two pieces [pupils]. They rubbed the black sticks onto pads of newsprint until the shape of the powder that crumbled off resembled the shape of the model. Meanwhile, the teacher sat by the window and fiddled with a paint flecked oval boombox [head]. He carried it around the room like a thurifer, trailing plumes of static. He waved it about, and pushed its antennae this way and that [ears] until, finally, it shouted “Autozone!”, 2018Price on Request

Sebastian BlackGrant's Pool, 2020Price on Request

Sebastian BlackI’m not a fan of the word bitter when it’s used to describe cold. I feel like bitter is too nuanced, suggests too many of the experiential layers that cold weather so often levels. Nor do I think sour would be better suited, 2017Price on Request

Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2014Price on Request

Sebastian BlackThe Rat Ghost, 2022Price on Request

Sebastian BlackMinoru drinking, 2022Price on Request

Sebastian BlackMinoru's red shadow, 2022Price on Request

Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2022Price on Request

Sebastian BlackTransverberation of Saint Teresa, 2021Price on Request

Sebastian BlackStudy for Neither, Norm and Minoru, 2022Price on Request

Sebastian BlackBird, shot, 2015Price on Request

Sebastian BlackSister Apple Cheeks, 2020Price on Request

Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2022Price on Request

Sebastian BlackGlub Glub, 2023Price on Request

Sebastian BlackMinoru's red shadow, 2022Price on Request

Sebastian BlackReader, 2023Price on Request

Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2022Price on Request

Sebastian BlackMy second selfie, 202112000 USD

Sebastian BlackIndia, 202120000 USD

Sebastian BlackSconce Concept, 20225000 USD

Sebastian BlackStudy for Rat Puppet, 20225000 USD

Sebastian BlackFondation Louis Vuitton, 20155000 USD

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Gallery

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New York City, Los Angeles, Brussels

C L E A R I N G is a contemporary art gallery based in New York, Los Angeles and Brussels. The gallery was founded in 2011, with the focus of showing emerging art. It now represents over 20 living artists, providing many of them - such as Harold Ancart, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Chase Hall, Calvin Marcus and Marina Pinsky - with their first gallery exhibition. The gallery also represents the estates of Eduardo Paolozzi, Bruno Gironcoli and René Heyvaert. C L E A R I N G supports its artists by producing works, exhibitions and books, as well as working closely with public and private institutions. ...