Blue and gold umbrella
1994
A serene poolside scene rendered in Anderson's characteristic style, where a solitary umbrella becomes a meditation on leisure, race, and belonging. The layered combination of pencil, oil, metallic paint, and collaged materials — including glassine and newspaper — creates a richly textured surface that oscillates between transparency and opacity. The cool blue and luminous gold of the umbrella evoke both the glamour and the quiet unease that permeates Anderson's ongoing exploration of public and private aquatic spaces.
- Medium
- pencil, oil, metallic paint, glassine and newspaper collage on paper
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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December 7, 2017
Artists in conversation
David Hockney
British · b. 1937
Hockney's iconic swimming pool paintings share Anderson's fascination with leisure spaces, cool blue palettes, and the psychological undercurrents of seemingly tranquil environments. Both artists use poolside imagery to explore themes of belonging and the quiet tension beneath glamorous surfaces.
Peter Doig
British · b. 1959
Doig's layered mixed media works on paper combine painterly opacity with translucent passages, echoing Anderson's use of glassine and collage to create oscillating surface depths. His figurative scenes similarly evoke tranquil yet psychologically loaded atmospheres using cool and luminous color palettes.
Glenn Ligon
American · b. 1960
Ligon works with collaged newspaper, metallic surfaces, and mixed media on paper to interrogate race, leisure, and cultural belonging in ways that closely parallel Anderson's conceptual concerns in this piece. Both artists embed social and racial inquiry within richly textured material surfaces.
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