As Mr. Dunne began to have a voice, he developed a language called POP TALK and he uses that to discuss his work.
PROFILE: I B Dunne, Painter
Born: Santa Monica, CA 1945
Favorite Quote:
“To the top, to the bloody top”—John Lennon
Philosophy:
In this world there are two kinds of things: Things you can learn andthings you know. You can learn many things, but what you know, youknow.
Art:
By 1979 there was nothing left to paint. Then one day in 1988 while walking around Times Square he noticed a piece of scenery being moved into a Broadway theater by two workman. It was large and flat and cut out in the shape of a car. “How perfect!! Flat paint on a flat surface.” Now he had a direction for his art. All that remained was to develop a technique for creating a strong surface that accepted paint and a method of supporting the surface free from visible support as if the art was rising—BOOM!—right out of the floor.
Method:
If one is good, more is better. Because the size and form of the paintings change the scale of space, more is more. A group of paintings with a central theme zooms with impact, yet each of the individual paintings stands on its own as a unique artwork. Presently at work on the two companion series, Stars and Starlets, he has plans for other heroic series like baseball, cowboys, hot-rods etc. WOW!
Success:
1999
Loft Artists Association. Exhibited three paintings from the Starlet Series: Starlet #4, Starlet #5 and Starlet #6
1999
Sold Cher: A Painting in the Star Series
1994
First Honorable Mention - Public Space in the New America City - Atlanta 1994. Interactive streetscape with jazz figures from Underground Atlanta.
1994
PICACOC II, Philadelphia, PA. Starlet #6 was selected for inclusion and exhibited at the Medici Gallery
1993
pARTnership, a traveling exhibit for emerging artists, Starlet #3 was selected for inclusion
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