Foreward by Adam Gross Director, Lapis Press Pharmaka begins as an idea, a concept. An idea about how artists can make sense of this world – observing, filtering, and (re)presenting it to a broader audience. For artists and the rest of us. In Pharmaka’s case, it was a group of painters coming together to explore …
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Portraiture curated by Shane Guffogg featuring artwork by Don Bachardy, Xander Berkeley, Jeff Britton, Laura Hipke, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Doro Hofmann, Deborah Martin, Ed Ruscha, Paul Ruscha, Vonn Sumner, Alison Van Pelt as well as Guffogg himself, opened on November 11, 2017, at Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. OCCCA, founded in 1980, home to an … Continue reading Shane Guffogg’s Group Exhibition: Portraiture
On October 25, 2017, Shane Guffogg’s, Ginevra de Benci #24, oil on canvas, 80 x 100″ (2012) sold for $302, 265.00 at Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris Auction House. Guffogg’s painting sold alongside other notable artists such as David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klien to name a few. In 2010, Guffogg … Continue reading Latest Auction Results Sets New Record
Like most artists, I started off drawing people and making portraits. In my late teens, I took my cues from Rembrandt and posed for countless self-portraits in front of a mirror, working at capturing a moment, an emotion, a flash of light. Within a few years of exploring the old masters’ styles and techniques, I … Continue reading Shane Guffogg’s “Portraits 150”
Shane Guffogg, Self Portrait, 1981, oil on canvas, 36 x 24″ “Portraiture is like looking through a peephole in your door to the outside world. It gives us a view of our souls and transcribes the human condition. It is a reflection of who we are on a psychological level.” That’s a line out of … Continue reading Interview with Shane Guffogg Curating, his Art and Portraiture
Shane Guffogg’s “The Observer is the Observed” solo exhibition (consisting of 73 paintings and 3 sculptures) and spans 27 years of the artist’s career, continues to soar overseas. The exhibition opened in (2015) at The Academy of Fine Arts Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia and was recently at (2017), The Gallery of the Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan. Below … Continue reading Press continues for “The Observer is the Observed” exhibition
Historians admit that, while we look to the future, we have barely scratched the surface of the past—professionals in the field are constantly re-interpreting what they thought they knew. Some of us spend our entire lives searching for purpose and wondering why we are here. Rainer Maria Rilke wrote, “Live your questions now, and perhaps … Continue reading Shane Guffogg: Life and Meaning
MOST MAGAZINE interviews the artist American modern abstractionist artist Shane Guffogg recently traveled to Azerbaijan to open the retrospective of his works, The Observer is the Observed in the Art Gallery of Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s Museum Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. The exhibition featuring 73 paintings and 3 sculptures that span 27 years … Continue reading Shane Guffogg: How to Get Into Meg Ryan’s Bedroom
(Below) Elchin Amirov with Shane Guffogg at The Gallery of the Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan. Look out for the forth-coming Shane Guffogg interview in the new issue of YES WE ARE THE MOST Magazine (Summer 2017 edition). The interview explores Guffogg’s art exhibition, Shane Guffogg: “The Observer is the Observed” while at, The Gallery at the … Continue reading Shane Guffogg and Most Magazine
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS ORANGE COUNTY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART PRESENTS “PORTRAITURE – AN EXHIBITION” Curated by Shane Guffogg November 11th – December 22nd, 2017 An exhibition featuring selective work consisting of paintings, mixed media, and drawings, by Southern California and internationally acclaimed artists, In alphabetical order, XANDER BERKELEY, DON BACHARDY, JEFF … Continue reading Shane Guffogg curates “Portraiture”
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