Theatre (2007) Painting by Stanley Mishkin

Seller Stanley Mishkin

Certificate of Authenticity included

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Original Artwork Painting, Oil on Wood

Artworks classification

Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 24in, Width 35.8in
Categories Figurative

Theatre (24x36ins oil on wood)
This is #1 in the series "City Seen: an unheralded look at development".
I created this painting in 2007. It is my interpretation of a B&W photograph I took in 1984 of the demolition of the Fairlawn Cinema in Toronto.
Searching through my old files one day I was drawn to the haphazard shapes and textures of this building in the process of destruction. As a painter more 20 years later I used colour and design to transform the original from a harsh commentary in photo documentation to one of abstract aesethics.

The technique is a monochrome under painting superseded by several transparent glazes in the mid-dark and dark ranges followed by direct opaque application for the mid-tone and light ranges. The painting has many subtleties and lustrous quality and evokes a mysterious beauty to this forgotten structure.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Oil

Paint consisting of pigments bound with linseed oil or carnations. The traditional technique consists of superimposing layers of paint increasingly rich in oil for a solid and durable hanger.

Figurative

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Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.