Baldwin Contemporary

Wishing all of our collectors, friends, clients and community a very happy new year.

Shown here is Salvador Dali, Janet Daly and a recipient of a kiss taken at Restaurant Laurent (NYC) on New Years Eve in 1979.

Photograph by Roxane Lowit.

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Rudolf Stingel (b.1956) came to prominence in the late 1980s for his insistence on the conceptual act of painting in a context in which it had been famously declared ‘dead’.

Despite the prevailing minimalist and conceptual narrative of the time, the Italian-born artist sought to confront the fundamental aspirations and failures of Modernist painting through the very medium of painting itself.

While his works do not always conform to the traditional definitions of painting, their attention to surface, space, color and image provide new and expanded ways of thinking about the process and "idea" of painting.

Shown here is:

Untitled (2004)
Oil and enamel on canvas.
240 × 194 cm (94 1/2 × 76 3/8 in).

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Happy Birthday Ed Ruscha! 🎂

Happy Birthday Yosh*tomo Nara! 🎂

The November edition of Baldwin’s Collecting Online programme focuses on a curated selection of 12 screenprints by Andy Warhol.

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For viewings and further information please contact a member of our gallery team.

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“If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream”
-Rene Magritte

Happy birthday to Rene Magritte, born on this day in 1898.

Shown here is:
Untitled from the portfolio La Philosophie de la peinture de Rene Magritte (Volume I), 1967
30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.88 cm)

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With the festive season almost upon us, the Baldwin 2023 Holiday Season Gift Guide has been created to help our collectors to find relevant, original and thoughtful art and art-related gifts.

Be it wall-mounted art, sculptures, tableware or books, the guide contains a range of ideas and recommendations to help you to 'gift right' this season.

Please contact a member of the gallery team for further information and / or for shipping and viewing enquiries.

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“I need to create a decor for the story to be activated, similar to a theatrical stage. That’s how I use the gallery space”

Shown here is:

Nicolas Party
Untitled (2018)
Acrylic on glass vase
18 x 13 x 13 cm (7.1 x 5.1 x 5.1 in)

Please contact us for further information.

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Happy Birthday Brian Donnelly! 🎂

Baldwin Contemporary is delighted to have been selected for inclusion in Black History Month edit.

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Happy Birthday David Salle! 🎂

Born on this day in 1903, Mark Rothko.⁠
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Mark Rothko (born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz); September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970.

Lisa Yuskavage
Bugeyes (1996)
Oil on canvas board
10 x 8 inches

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Happy Birthday Man Ray! 🎂

"Klein Blue" refers to a specific shade of ultramarine blue that was developed by the French artist Yves Klein in the late 1950s. Klein, a prominent figure in the post-war European art scene, became known for his innovative and influential contributions to the field of art.

Klein created his own unique blue color by mixing ultramarine pigment with a medium that neither diluted nor altered the intensity of the color. The result was a deep, vibrant blue with a striking visual impact. He used this particular blue hue as a central element in many of his artworks.

One of the most famous examples of Klein's use of his patented blue is in his series of monochromatic paintings. In these works, he painted canvases entirely in Klein Blue, often leaving the surface textured with the brushstrokes. These monochromatic paintings aimed to create an immersive experience for the viewer and evoke emotional responses through the use of color and texture alone.

Klein's work extended beyond paintings to performances and conceptual art. He also used his blue color in the creation of what he called "Anthropometry" paintings, where he used the bodies of models as "living brushes" to create imprints on canvases.

Klein's exploration of color, especially Klein Blue, had a lasting impact on the art world. His work influenced subsequent generations of artists, and his use of color as a primary artistic element contributed to the development of minimalism and color field painting.

The August edition of Baldwin Contemporary's 'On View' focuses on post-war modernist Lynn Chadwick's 'Maquette VII Walking Couple' (1976).

Associated with the "Geometry of Fear" (a term used to describe the art movement that emerged in Britain during the 1950s in response to the anxieties and uncertainties of the post-war era), 'Maquette VII' (1976) presents the intriguing interplay between positive and negative space that Chadwick's figures became so well versed in. Typical of Chadwick's works from this period the woman and man are similar but not completely alike, employing a visual code whereby the male figure has a rectangular head and the female having a triangular one.

Strong, energetic and still exceptionally contemporary, one of the most enduring features of the work is in its ability to communicate both intimacy and alienation in equal measure.

Chadwick explains, “The important thing in my figures is always the attitude – what the figures are expressing through their actual stance. They talk, as it were, and this is something a lot of people don’t understand” (Chadwick in an interview with Barrie Gavin broadcast on HTV West, 1991).

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Lynn Chadwick
Maquette VII Walking Couple (1976)
Bronze
Stamped with monogram, dated '76, numbered.
H39 x W21 x D17cm
Edition of 8

Enquiries welcome…..

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Untitled (Ink Drawing) 1981. Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988). Sumi ink on paper.
30.5 x 22.9 cm.
Private collection.

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