Alan Ebnother

Alan Ebnother

Photographer Jennah Ward has extensively documented Ebnother's unique painting techniques.
Born December 26, 1952 (1952-12-26) (age 59)
Alameda, U.S.A.
Nationality American
Field Painting& Drawing
Movement Monochrome painting, Postminimalism, Concrete art and Color-based Painting

Alan Ebnother (Born 1952 in Alameda, California) is a contemporary American artist. His practise as an artist is usually associated with monochrome, concrete, modernist, post, color-based, radical, minimalist and abstract Painting.[1]

Life and work

“ There is nothing to paint, except paint itself. ”

—Alan Ebnother.

Ebnother lives and works in Stanley, New Mexico.[2] His oils, in hand-ground dry pigment on stretched linen and wood panels, are characterized by rich impasto, dense pigmentation, and dense markings.

Ebnother originally trained as a ballet dancer and his understanding of elevation, extension, and balance comes through in his dispersed composition and the agility of his paint handling. The high pigment-to-oil ratio and furrowed surfaces of these paintings combine to create an unusually saturated color with a grounded, concrete physicality.[3]

Solo exhibitions (retrospective): Paintings, Room for Painting Room for Paper. San Francisco, California (2009), Reduxion, Maria Elena Gonzalez- Alan Ebnother, Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel Switzerland (2009),Paintings on Paper, Imprints, Le Vieux Village, France (2008), Painting, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, Texas (2007), Small Paintings, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart, Germany (2008), Painting on Paper, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart, Germany (2003), Paintings, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Newport Beach, California (1999) New Paintings, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart, Germany (1998), Painting, Galerie Alf-Krister Job, Mainz, Germany (1998), Alan Ebnother, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1997), Alan Ebnother, Galerie Orms, Innsbruck, Austrian (1997),Alan Ebnother-Kulturraum Kirche, Evangelische Kirche, Taunusstein-Bleidenstadt, Germany (1996).[4][5]

"Das Grün ist eine unendlich ruhige Farbe". (Alan Ebnother)

“Before color can be used as an expressive medium it has to become abstract.” (Alan Ebnother)[6]

Notes

  1. ^ ArtSlant, . "Alan Ebnother, Quick facts." the #1 contemporary art network n. pag. Web. 21 Mar 2010. <http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/33032-alan-ebnother>.
  2. ^ Ashley, Chris. "Alan Ebnother Interview at Minus Space." 20060106 6 January 2006: n. pag. Web. 22 Mar 2010. <http://www.chrisashley.net/weblog/archives/week_2005_05_01.html#000778>. <http://www.minusspace.com/2005/04/interview-with-alan-ebnother-by-chris-ashley/>.
  3. ^ Artlog, Art & Culture in Real Time. "room for painting 08 - Alan Ebnother: recent paintings." room for painting room for paper 1 July 2002: n. pag. Web. 13 Mar 2010.
  4. ^ http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/33032-alan-ebnother//
  5. ^ http://www.georgelawsongallery.com/artists/a_ebnother_bio.html//
  6. ^ Brent, . "Suspension in Blue – Alan Ebnother." August 10, 2009: n. pag. Web. 21 Mar 2010. <http://brenthallard.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/suspension-in-blue-alan-ebnother/>.

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