Highlanders

Stephen Polatch

Highlanders, 202144 x 61cmSign in to view price
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oil on canvasMargot Samel
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This painting depicts two figures in an outdoor setting, surrounded by a vibrant yellow and orange landscape. The figures are rendered in a stylized, expressionistic manner, with elongated limbs and distorted facial features. The overall composition is dynamic and evocative, with a sense of movement and tension between the two figures. The artist's technique appears to be a combination of bold brushstrokes and muted tones, creating a dreamlike, almost surreal atmosphere. The work seems to explore themes of human relationships and emotional states, possibly reflecting the artist's personal experiences or societal commentary. ...

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Stephen Polatch
B.1990

Stephen Polatch dissolves the complex hierarchy of natural, architectural, and human orders. Typically, a central exchange between Polatch’s subjects is what matters most in his works. Moments such as these — crossing glances, collaborations between humans and animals, or inner visions projecting into the picture plane— occupy a focal point from which his compositions are bent around. Their compact scale also lends the works a concentrated sense of longing for something purer and more direct, which corresponds to his technique of applying unmixed pigment directly to the surface of the canvas. Polatch refutes a stable chronology, employing a wide range of historical references, from the lyricism and symbolic imagery of medieval illuminated manuscripts, the brilliant lighting of the Nabis, to the repetitive mechanics of Futurism—within the interconnected systems of Polatch’s compositions is the promise, the rushing fluidity, of discovering the new in the familiar. ...

Stephen Polatch: Artworks
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Stephen Polatch
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23 x 30cm
Figures with Glass
Stephen Polatch
Figures with Glass, 2022
32 x 23cm
Highlanders
Stephen Polatch
Highlanders, 2021
44 x 61cm
Poppy Field
Stephen Polatch
Poppy Field, 2022
30 x 19cm
Pignano I
Stephen Polatch
Pignano I, 2023
23 x 30.5cm
Burgess Park I
Stephen Polatch
Burgess Park I, 2023
23 x 30.5cm
Southbourne II
Stephen Polatch
Southbourne II, 2023
23 x 25.5cm
Southbourne IIII
Stephen Polatch
Southbourne IIII, 2023
23 x 18cm
Margot Samel
Gallery
Margot Samel
New York City

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