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Nicholas Africano

Nicholas Africano (Born 1948) is active/lives in New York, Illinois.  Nicholas Africano is known for Mod-primitive expression-figure painting, sculpture.

Painter Nicholas Africano was born in 1948. As a former poet, with an interest in narrative art, his writing has always influenced his oil and acrylic canvases.

Nicholas Africano was educated at Illinois State University. During the late 1970s he was associated with the New Image painters and later in the 80s became known for his paintings and works on paper, which featured small, detached figures in fanciful, theatrical roles, often isolated in the center of his large canvases, with additional work being created directly on gallery walls as well as on canvas.

Africano began sculpting these small figures, experimenting first in clay, and then in glass, working at such major glass studios as Pilchuck in Seattle. These figures have evolved with the addition of, and experimentation with different pigments and finishes.

The figures reflect the artist's personal experiences, even events from his childhood and in some ways "everymen." These "New Imagist" works are abou   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5502 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Nicholas Africano

   Publications  Book References:  28
Magazine References:  5

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5 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Nicholas Africano
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art & Antiques Glass Acts May 2004 Ruhling, Nancy A No
ARTnews Hidden Pleasures and Public Treasur May 2004 Spears, Dorothy Yes
ARTnews Double Exposure February 2002 Abbe, Mary Yes
ARTnews Reviews September 2001 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Art & Antiques Openings May 1998 Editors, Art & Antiques Yes
28 Book References for Nicholas Africano
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 Sandler, Irving Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s 636 Yes
1993 McEvilley, Thomas The Exile's Return Toward a Redefinition of Painting 231 No
1992 Kurtz, Bruce D Contemporary Art 1965-1990 256 Yes
1991 Hoffman, Katherine Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945 400 Yes
1991 Oakland Museum De-Persona
(Exhibition catalog)
103 Yes
1991 Wheeler, Daniel Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present 344 Yes
1990 Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel Word As Image American Art 1960-1990
(Exhibition catalog)
172 Yes
1989 Armstrong, Elizabeth First Impressions Early Prints by Forty-six Contemporary Artists
(Exhibition catalog)
149 Yes
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1986 Hunter, Sam An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940
(Exhibition catalog)
269 Yes
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1985 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Art Now 160 Yes
1984 Chicago, Museum Contemporary Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Selections from Permanent Collection 164 Yes
1984 Marshall, Richard American Art Since 1970, Painting, Sculpture and Drawing Whitney Museum of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
124 No
1984 Robins, Corrine The Pluralist Era: American Art 1968-1981 246 Yes
1983 Milwaukee Art Museum New Figuration in America John Porter Retzer Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
122 Yes
1982 Johnson, Ellen H (editor) American Artists on Art from 1940 to 1980 274 No
1980 Kahan, Mitchell Douglas American Painting of the Sixties and Seventies
(Exhibition catalog)
88 Yes
1980 Styron, Thomas W American Figure Painting 1950-198
(Exhibition catalog)
115 Yes
1980 University of Pennsylvania Drawings:The Pluralist Decade
(Exhibition catalog)
96 No
1978 Independent Curators Inc The Sense of the Self From Self Portrait to Autobiography
(Exhibition catalog)
36 No
1978 Marshall, Richard New Image Painting 96 Yes
1977 Whitney Museum 1977 Biennial Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
104 No
1977 Wilfer, Joseph E. (Intro) Contemporary Figurative Painting in the Midwest Invitational Exhibition at the Madison Art Center
(Exhibition catalog)
52 No
1976 McKillop, Susan/Roger Clisby The Chicago Connection West Coast '76
(Exhibition catalog)
87 Yes
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