23, 54
A vibrant and energetic composition rendered in oil on canvas, "23, 54" showcases Tal R's signature approach to color and form, where bold, expressive marks coexist with a playful sense of structure. The work is presented in a painted artist's frame, itself an extension of the artwork, blurring the boundary between painting and object. Tal R's characteristic blending of folk art sensibilities with modernist influences gives the piece an intimate, handcrafted quality that feels both spontaneous and deeply considered.
- Medium
- oil on canvas in painted artist’s frame
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
February 15, 2013
Artists in conversation
Neo Rauch
German · b. 1960
Neo Rauch shares Tal R's fusion of folk art sensibilities with modernist pictorial language, creating oil paintings that feel simultaneously handcrafted and formally structured with bold expressive color and a playful yet intimate compositional logic.
Chris Ofili
British · b. 1968
Ofili's work similarly blurs boundaries between decorative and fine art traditions through vibrant color, expressive mark making, and an energetic handling of paint that balances spontaneity with deliberate geometric and ornamental structure.
Hurvin Anderson
British · b. 1965
Anderson's paintings share Tal R's quality of merging intimate handcrafted feeling with bold colorful compositions, drawing on folk and popular visual traditions while maintaining a strong contemporary abstract sensibility rooted in expressive oil paint handling.
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