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Indepth Arts News:
"Rupert Howard - New Work"
2000-02-19 until 2000-03-31
Brooklyn Coalition of Artists in Park Slope
Brooklyn, NY,
USA United States of America
British born artist Rupert Howard is presenting new works created in late
1999 at the 12th Street Bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn resident
is known also as an illustrator at the New York Times and the Wall Street
Journal. This exhibit has given him the opportunity to loosen up with his
subject matter and methods. The exhibit will be on view through March,
2000.
His subjects - primarily images of drunken nightlife and sexual situations,
permeates the series. The scenes he paints are fantastic; fantastic that
the night can be so graphic and colorful; fantastic in the depths his
subjects take. These series of paintings were painted much more loosely
than his larger canvases from the mid 90's, and use acrylic paint on scrap
paper, wood, cardboard and old canvas. This approach permitted him to paint
quickly without obsessing over each piece, allowing him to finish a number
of works.
Mr. Howard was born in London to beatnik parents, and lived briefly in
India. He studied art in Liverpool and graduated in 1982. While staying at
the Chelsea Hotel in 1983, he painted a large canvas which quickly sold at a
group exhibit. The success prompted him to move to New York in 1984. He
has shown in a variety of alternative spaces, bars and restaurants since,
while maintaining studios in Harlem and SOHO. He currently lives and works
in Park Slope.
The Brooklyn Coalition of Artists in Park Slope promotes Member Artists by
numerous individual and small group exhibits in Park Slope, maintaining an
internet gallery and providing Members with outside
exhibit information.
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