Dennis Nechvatal makes strong and powerful images whether it is a meticulous landscape, still-life or a network of metal masks. At first primitive in feel, they bid closer viewing and slowly convert into sophisticated reinventions of the natural world. The artist's Offerings series feature abundant floral bouquets lush with delicate brushstrokes. His popular Face/Mask paintings reveal layers of faces within a collage of hand-cut and hand-formed tin masks.
Nechvatal will be the focus of a museum exhibition, Time Space, at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from August 7 - October 3, 2010. Also, read about the artist's recent public commission and museum purchase in our Newsworthy section.
Selected Collections
Art Institute of Chicago; Milwaukee Art Museum; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art; Chazen Museum of Art, UW-Madison; UW-Madison Hospital; Midwest Express Center, Milwaukee; Rayovac Corporation, Madison; Chemical Bank, New York; AT&T, Chicago; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock
FACE/MASK #1 (80 Mask Series), Acrylic on Cut/Formed Tin on Panel, 48 x 36"
OFFERING VI, Acrylic on Panel, 48 x 31 1/2"
CODE III (30 Masks), Acrylic on Cut/Formed Tin on Panel, 27 1/2 x 20"
FACE/MASK X (20 Mask Series), Acrylic on Cut/Formed Tin on Panel, 24 x 18"
LANDSCAPE STUDY #4, Acrylic on Panel, 12 x 16"
LANDSCAPE STUDY #3, Acrylic on Panel, 12 x 16"
GARDEN EDGE: FLOWERING TREE, Acrylic on Panel, 36 x 24"
LANDSCAPE STUDIES FOR CHAZEN MUSEUM PROJECT #1-4
Acrylic on Panel, 16 x 20" each
FLOWER STUDY: SUNFLOWER, Acrylic on Panel, 24 x 18"
William Nichols
