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Art & Photography

"Home" by Michalopoulos: Embellished Giclee, Signed, Limited Edition

Item Number
139
Estimated Value
2500 USD

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Item Description

24" x 36" Hand embellished giclee entitled "Home" by Michalopoulos, signed by artist, limited edition 1/128.

James Michalopoulos is a celebrated New Orleans based artist. He is a contemporary of Julian Schnabel, David Salle, Eric Fischl and a school of painters that prevailed in the 1980s who glorified the representational image. He is an artist who refreshes the familiar with colors that dance vividly in and out of the canvas; he pushes and pulls the dimensions of the pigment in the same way that people move and breathe.

Michalopoulos is best known for his distinctive architectural renderings. Kevin Allman writes of his architecture, “They slope, soar and sway. Some of them rear back on their foundations, or lurch drunkenly over cracked sidewalks; others dip their balconies over the street curiously.” His representations seem to have a life of their own. There is a palpable energy and mystery in these highly original and much copied works. Also, Michalopoulos has earned a reputation for the unique musicality of his paintings. They are at once a mystical abstraction and a powerful evocation of the subjects’ spirit...."  Read more.

Now you can own your very own, signed and numbered Michalopoulos piece!  This gorgeous piece measure 24" x 36".  It is an embellished Giclee print, which by Michalopoulos' high standards mean "Enormous digital photos of the paintings are carefully color matched to the original with great attention to detail and the tone of each piece. They are printed on artist’s canvas with pigmented inks, then gallery wrapped on 2″ deep stretcher bars with black sides. Then they are embellished and signed by the artist. A coat of protective impasto is applied, and finally, they are inspected and given an edition number."  The number on this piece is 1/128.

 

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