Untitled, 2009 - Danny Keith
About the Work
About Untitled
Danny Keith thinks of paintings like this as short stories or mini-narratives that explore intimate experiences with friends. "I address contemporary issues by leveraging traditional painting themes of leisure like boating, hunting, and bathing," he says. Keith's aesthetically pleasing ...Read More
Danny Keith thinks of paintings like this as short stories or mini-narratives that explore intimate experiences with friends. "I address contemporary issues by leveraging traditional painting themes of leisure like boating, hunting, and bathing," he says. Keith's aesthetically pleasing style, contemporary realism with soft colors and brushstrokes, is influenced by 19th century paintings.Read Less
About the Artist
About Danny Keith
Danny Keith's portraits celebrate male beauty and explore clichés of masculinity. His most recent series, Flannel and Fur, included fifteen paintings and one bust ...Read More
Danny Keith's portraits celebrate male beauty and explore clichés of masculinity. His most recent series, Flannel and Fur, included fifteen paintings and one bust of young, bearded men, some clothed only in fur, others draped in flannel. In these detailed and intimate works, the subjects are portrayed as masculine, beautiful, and quietly erotic, though the relationship between subject and artist remains ambiguous. Keith's approach to painting and sculpture is academic in its subject, proportions, and use of light and color, but they present a distinctly contemporary view of manliness.Read Less
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