Jack Gage (1946) - Checkered Seduction

Checkered Seduction - Oil on canvas. A superb work, ready to hang.

Supplied with certificate and stylish gallery frame.

Dimensions without frame: 50 cm x 61 cm
Dimensions with frame: 56 cm x 67 cm
Signed in the bottom right.

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 imagery of mainstream media, mass media, and products and consumerism. The artwork of artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, and Claes Oldenburg was inspired by the popular culture of the rapidly developing capitalism of the United States, with advertising, comic books, and ideas about celebrity culture taking center stage as visual cues. A parallel movement developed on the West Coast in California — a kind of movement that also related to language in art, and is seen as the first flowering of conceptual art. Minimalism developed a formal language without external references, focusing 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 Gunter Uecker adopted similar ideas. The influential school of existentialist philosophy was an important source of creativity for artists, with artists like 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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