Sebastian Black

There 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!”, 2018152.4 x 114.3cmSign in to view price

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Oil on linenCroy Nielsen

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This abstract painting features a dynamic interplay of geometric shapes and forms in a harmonious color palette. Organic, biomorphic shapes in shades of gray, blue, yellow, and white are juxtaposed, creating a sense of movement and depth. The composition is balanced, with a playful and whimsical quality. The artist's distinctive style combines elements of modernist abstraction and surrealist imagery, exploring the relationship between the human form and the natural world. ...

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Artist

Sebastian Black

B.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?, 2016

152.4 x 114.3cm

Sebastian BlackLoanzy Dip, 2015

50.8 x 40.6cm

Sebastian BlackPink Deposit, 2015

70 x 65cm

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, 2018

152.4 x 114.3cm

Sebastian BlackSecond to last supper, 2020

40.64 x 60.96cm

Sebastian BlackYellow gesture, 2021

91.44 x 68.58cm

Sebastian BlackIndia by the Pool, 2020

213.36 x 160.02cm

Sebastian BlackGrant's Pool, 2020

121.92 x 91.44cm

Sebastian BlackThe Midwife, 2021

68.6 x 92.7cm

Sebastian BlackSelf-Portrait As A Good Boy 6, 2020

68 x 68cm

Sebastian BlackPeriod piece, 2015

61 x 46cm

Sebastian BlackBercy Embankment, 2015

76.2 x 73.6 x 152cm

Sebastian BlackBank Desk Embankment, 2015

116.8 x 73.6 x 116.8cm

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, 2018

152.4 x 114.3cm

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!”, 2018

152.4 x 114.3cm

Sebastian BlackGrant's Pool, 2020

122 x 91.4cm

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, 2017

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Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2014

91.5 x 122cm

Sebastian BlackThe Rat Ghost, 2022

91.4 x 122cm

Sebastian BlackMinoru drinking, 2022

66 x 50.8cm

Sebastian BlackMinoru's red shadow, 2022

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Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2022

46 x 61cm

Sebastian BlackTransverberation of Saint Teresa, 2021

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Sebastian BlackStudy for Neither, Norm and Minoru, 2022

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Sebastian BlackBird, shot, 2015

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Sebastian BlackSister Apple Cheeks, 2020

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Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2022

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Sebastian BlackGlub Glub, 2023

35.6 x 27.9cm

Sebastian BlackGlub Glub, 2023

45.7 x 53.3cm

Sebastian BlackMinoru's red shadow, 2022

61 x 45.7cm

Sebastian BlackReader, 2023

35.5 x 28cm

Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2022

61 x 46cm

Sebastian BlackMy second selfie, 2021

35.56 x 27.94cm

Sebastian BlackIndia, 2021

61 x 45.7cm

Sebastian BlackSconce Concept, 2022

44 x 51.5cm

Sebastian BlackStudy for Rat Puppet, 2022

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Sebastian BlackFondation Louis Vuitton, 2015

44 x 51.5cm

Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2022

35.5 x 28cm

Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2022

35.5 x 28cm

Sebastian BlackRat Ghost, 2022

28 x 35.5cm

Sebastian BlackRat Ghost, 2022

35.5 x 28cm

Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2022

35.5 x 28cm

Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2022

35.5 x 28cm

Sebastian BlackUntitled, 2022

35.5 x 28cm

Sebastian BlackEvening Evening Stroll Stroll, 2024

45.7 x 61cm

Gallery

Croy Nielsen

Vienna

In 2016 Croy Nielsen moved from Berlin to Vienna, where it is located in the beletage apartment of a historical building in the 1st district. The gallery was founded by Oliver Croy (AT) and Henrikke Nielsen (DK). Artists such as Nina Beier, Marie Lund, and Benoît Maire, have been part of the program since its inception, and were later joined by Olga Balema, Georgia Gardner Gray, and Sandra Mujinga. Vienna-based artists include Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Joanna Woś, and Soshiro Matsubara. The gallery has strong ties to the Nordic region, representing several artists from the Scandinavian contries and regularly participating in fairs and projects in the area. ...