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In 2005-6, Woodward Gallery published two limited edition print series with Hambleton: "The Gang of Four" and "Cat Stack" to promote sales of his work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://woodwardgallery.net/artists/richard-hambleton/|title=Richard Hambleton|publisher=}}</ref> In 2007, the director of the [[Woodward Gallery]] of New York City, John Woodward, featured Hambleton in his first solo exhibition in over a decade. The exhibition, entitled "The Beautiful Paintings", gathered the largest collection of the Beautiful Paintings series to date. "Shadowman" World Documentary by Oscar nominated director Oren Jacoby premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21 2017 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://woodwardgallery.net/news/richard-hambleton-doc-premiering-at-tribeca-film-festival/|title=richard hambleton documentary premieres at tribeca film festival|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-2017-feature-films-competition-spotlight-viewpoints-midnight-sections|title=Tribeca 2017 Announces Feature Film Line Up for Competition, Spotlight, Viewpoints, and Midnight Sections - Tribeca|publisher=}}</ref>
In 2005-6, Woodward Gallery published two limited edition print series with Hambleton: "The Gang of Four" and "Cat Stack" to promote sales of his work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://woodwardgallery.net/artists/richard-hambleton/|title=Richard Hambleton|publisher=}}</ref> In 2007, the director of the [[Woodward Gallery]] of New York City, John Woodward, featured Hambleton in his first solo exhibition in over a decade. The exhibition, entitled "The Beautiful Paintings", gathered the largest collection of the Beautiful Paintings series to date. "Shadowman" World Documentary by Oscar nominated director Oren Jacoby premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21 2017 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://woodwardgallery.net/news/richard-hambleton-doc-premiering-at-tribeca-film-festival/|title=richard hambleton documentary premieres at tribeca film festival|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-2017-feature-films-competition-spotlight-viewpoints-midnight-sections|title=Tribeca 2017 Announces Feature Film Line Up for Competition, Spotlight, Viewpoints, and Midnight Sections - Tribeca|publisher=}}</ref>


In 2009 from September 15, the works of Hambleton were displayed in an exhibition pertaining to 40-year career entitled, "Richard Hambleton - New York." Thirty five pieces of Hambleton's work, spanning from the early 1980s to the present were exhibited,<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/georgia-okeeffe9-3-09.asp|title=Artnet News: O'Keeffe biopic, Richard Hambleton is back, new art school in India - artnet Magazine|publisher=}}</ref> showing his "Shadowman" and "Marlboro Man" works on canvas (and other materials), presented side-by-side with his "Beautiful Paintings." All the art work sold out.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
In 2009 from September 15, the works of Hambleton were displayed in an exhibition pertaining to 40-year career entitled, "Richard Hambleton - New York." Thirty five pieces of Hambleton's work, spanning from the early 1980s to the present were exhibited,<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/georgia-okeeffe9-3-09.asp|title=Artnet News: O'Keeffe biopic, Richard Hambleton is back, new art school in India - artnet Magazine|publisher=}}</ref> showing his "Shadowman" and "Marlboro Man" works on canvas (and other materials), presented side-by-side with his "Beautiful Paintings."<ref name="ReferenceA"/>


Part of the exhibit featured a series photographic images of photographer, author and music producer, [[Hank O'Neal]], who had taken many photographs of the "Shadowman" works in 1982, and who also attended the show. O'Neal is said to have sought out examples of the "Shadowman" to photograph because he felt they were interesting examples of [[graffiti art]], which itself was so prevalent at the time.<ref name="hankonealphoto.com"/>
Part of the exhibit featured a series photographic images of photographer, author and music producer, [[Hank O'Neal]], who had taken many photographs of the "Shadowman" works in 1982, and who also attended the show. O'Neal is said to have sought out examples of the "Shadowman" to photograph because he felt they were interesting examples of [[graffiti art]], which itself was so prevalent at the time.<ref name="hankonealphoto.com"/>

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Richard Hambleton
Richard Hambleton's "Shadowman" painting, Lower Manhattan, New York, 1982
Born1952
Vancouver, Canada
NationalityCanadian[1]
Known forPainter, graffiti

Richard Hambleton (b. 1952) is a Canadian artist known for his work as a street artist.[2] He is the surviving member of a group, together with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, coming out of the New York City art scene during the booming art market of the 1980s.[3][4][5]

Early life

Hambleton was born in 1952 in Vancouver, Canada.[6] He received an Advanced Diploma from the Vancouver School of Art in Vancouver in 1975.[7][8] Hambleton was also Founder and Co-Director “Pumps” Center for Alternative Art, a gallery, performance and video space in Vancouver.[8]

Art career

Hambleton's early public art included his Image Mass Murder art. From 1976 to 1978 Hambleton painted a police "chalk" outline around bodies of volunteer "homicide victims." He then splashed some red paint on the outline, leaving behind a realistic looking crime scene. These "crime scenes" were done on the streets of 15 major cities across the United States and Canada. [9][10] Like Hambleton's future "Shadowman" paintings, the Image Mass Murder "crime scenes" would often have the effect of startling or shocking passersby.[11]

Shadowman paintings

IN 1979 Hambleton moved permanently to the Lower East Side of New York.[5] It was in New York that Hambleton gained notoriety for his "Shadowman" paintings of the early 1980s. Each painting resembles a life-sized silhouetted image of some mysterious person, a "splashy shadow figure."[12] These "shadow paintings" were splashed and brushed with black paint on hundreds of buildings and other structures across New York City.[13] Locations were believed to be calculated for maximum impact upon unsuspecting pedestrians.[4] Very often, a "Shadowman" could be found in a dark alley or lurking just around a street corner.[14] Hambleton later expanded the scope of his project and painted these "shadowmen" in other cities, including Paris, London and Rome,[15] and even, in 1984, he painted 17 life-size figures on the East side of the Berlin Wall, returning a year later to paint more figures on the West side of the Berlin Wall.[16][17] In 1983, during Malcolm McLaren's fashion design partnership with Vivienne Westwood, they collaborated with Hambleton to create a [18]"Shadowman" jersey skirt.

Gallery works

After his public art, Hambleton produced a variation of his "shadow" work, showing his "Shadowman" as a sort of "rodeo man", or rugged "Marlboro Man", often riding a bucking horse. This series was painted on canvas and other materials, where they could be displayed as works of art. Inspired by the Marlboro (cigarette) magazine advertisements, which in some ways exploited the image of a uniquely "American hero"[12] to sell its product, Hambleton appropriated and modified the image to create a new series of work.[12]

Hambleton then produced a series of pieces titled "Beautiful Paintings." With strong use of color, these pieces are very different to his "shadow" work. Hambleton has stated that this work was a reaction against the abundance of figurative painting displayed in galleries at the time, to which he chose not include figurative work of his own.[12] Hambleton said that he also intentionally sought out a different mood, "with a different sensibility," from his previous work.[12]

In 2005-6, Woodward Gallery published two limited edition print series with Hambleton: "The Gang of Four" and "Cat Stack" to promote sales of his work.[19] In 2007, the director of the Woodward Gallery of New York City, John Woodward, featured Hambleton in his first solo exhibition in over a decade. The exhibition, entitled "The Beautiful Paintings", gathered the largest collection of the Beautiful Paintings series to date. "Shadowman" World Documentary by Oscar nominated director Oren Jacoby premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21 2017 [20][21]

In 2009 from September 15, the works of Hambleton were displayed in an exhibition pertaining to 40-year career entitled, "Richard Hambleton - New York." Thirty five pieces of Hambleton's work, spanning from the early 1980s to the present were exhibited,[22] showing his "Shadowman" and "Marlboro Man" works on canvas (and other materials), presented side-by-side with his "Beautiful Paintings."[22]

Part of the exhibit featured a series photographic images of photographer, author and music producer, Hank O'Neal, who had taken many photographs of the "Shadowman" works in 1982, and who also attended the show. O'Neal is said to have sought out examples of the "Shadowman" to photograph because he felt they were interesting examples of graffiti art, which itself was so prevalent at the time.[14]

At the 2010 annual AIDS charity amfAR dinner party, held during the Cannes Film Festival, two of Hambleton's painting were auctioned for a combined $920,000.00, to help raise funds for AIDS research.[23] In May 2013 Hambleton was featured in a solo exhibition entitled "Beautiful Paintings" at the Art Gallery at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Sleepy Hollow, NY. [24]

Permanent collections

During his career, Hambleton's works have been shown internationally, including paintings on canvas and paper of his "shadow" work.[25] Richard Hambleton's artwork has been shown in the Venice Biennale in 1984 and 1988,[26] and his work is part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art.[27]

References

  1. ^ Network, Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage Information. "Artists in Canada".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ PAPERMAG in October 2009
  3. ^ "The street art of Richard Hambleton". 23 November 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Hambleton-Palaia street art".
  5. ^ a b Laneri, Raquel (15 April 2017). "The epic rise and disgusting flameout of the artist who ruled 80s New York".
  6. ^ Vancouver Art Gallery (1983). Vancouver, Art and Artists, 1931-1983. Vancouver Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-920095-00-3.
  7. ^ Portfolio. Grosvenor Publications. 1982.
  8. ^ a b "Richard Hambleton - artnet".
  9. ^ Anthony Haden-Guest (September 1998). True Colors: The Real Life of the Art World. Atlantic Monthly Press. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-0-87113-725-8.
  10. ^ "Vanguard article written by Christopher Dewdney May 1982".
  11. ^ widewalls. "Richard Hambleton".
  12. ^ a b c d e "Video News".
  13. ^ Judith R. Halasz (11 February 2015). The Bohemian Ethos: Questioning Work and Making a Scene on the Lower East Side. Routledge. pp. 167–. ISBN 978-1-135-01029-4.
  14. ^ a b "Shadowman photos by photographer Hank O'Neal".
  15. ^ Mallory Curley, A Cookie Mueller Encyclopedia (2010), p. 208
  16. ^ "Art Crimes: Berlin 3".
  17. ^ "Arts & Books". The Independent. 23 November 2010. pp. 18–19.
  18. ^ "Richard Hambleton + Malcolm McLaren = Witches x The Shadow Man".
  19. ^ "Richard Hambleton".
  20. ^ "richard hambleton documentary premieres at tribeca film festival".
  21. ^ "Tribeca 2017 Announces Feature Film Line Up for Competition, Spotlight, Viewpoints, and Midnight Sections - Tribeca".
  22. ^ a b "Artnet News: O'Keeffe biopic, Richard Hambleton is back, new art school in India - artnet Magazine".
  23. ^ "Cannes stars turn out for glitzy AIDS charity bash". 21 May 2017 – via Reuters.
  24. ^ "Woodwardgallery.net".
  25. ^ "Richard Hambleton Biography – Richard Hambleton on artnet".
  26. ^ "Richard HambletonThe Beautiful Paintings".
  27. ^ "Artlog.com".

External links

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