Jack Gage (1946) - Checkmate of Desire

Jack GAGE (1946)

Checkmate of Desire - Oil on canvas. Magnificent work, ready to hang.

Provided with certificate and stylish gallery frame.

Dimensions without frame: 50cm x 61cm
Dimensions with frame: 56cm x 67cm
Signed lower right and on the back.

Unique at auction with top prices.

Jack Gage is an American artist. He was largely inspired by the sixties. Artistically, the decade began with the twin movements of Pop and Minimalism that emerged side by side. On one hand, Pop defended the image culture of mainstream and mass media, and of products and consumerism. The artworks of artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann and Claes Oldenburg were inspired by the popular culture of the rapidly developing capitalism of the United States, with advertising, comics, and ideas about celebrity culture taking center stage. visual cues. A parallel movement developed on the West Coast in California—a kind that also applied to language in art, and is seen as the first flowering of conceptual art. Minimalism developed a formal vocabulary devoid of external references, focused solely on line, color, and geometric form as important components of both painting and sculpture. The leading figures of Minimalism were Frank Stella, Donald Judd, and Agnes Martin. Pop Art was a prominent offshoot of Minimalism, a discipline that gained prominence through the work of artists such as Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley. Worldwide many artistic movements resonated with the creative concerns of the aforementioned movements, often with regional strengths and nuances. In Italy, Lucio Fontana and Piero Manzoni founded Spatialism, and in Germany the Zero group under the leadership of Günter Uecker adopted similar ideas. The influential school of existentialist philosophy was an important source of creativity for artists, with artists such as Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti becoming world-renowned for their distinctive approaches to the human form and the anxiety associated with the human condition. (Artland.com)

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