Doug Argue

Doug Argue
Born (1962-01-21) January 21, 1962
Saint Paul, Minnesota[1]
NationalityAmerican
Education
Notable workRandomly Placed Exact Percentages (2009-2013)
Isotropic (2009-2013)
Websitedougargue.com

Doug Argue (born January 21, 1962, in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American painter based in New York City, New York, United States.[1]

Career

After attending art classes at Bemidji State University and the University of Minnesota from 1980 to 1983,[2] Argue's early figurative works were influenced by German Expressionism.[2] During his two different trips to Venice, he was deeply moved by such 16th-century Italian painters as Titian and Tintoretto, whose massive Crucifixion moved him to begin creating more large-scale works.[2]

In 1989, after the birth of his son, Mattison, Argue's work started being characterized by the use of parts to render the idea of a whole. He chose chickens as protagonists in a saga where conventionally neglected creatures were turned into subjugated minorities.[3][4]

Since 1983, Argue's work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Australia and the United States.[5] His first museum show was a 1985 Viewpoints exhibition at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Artwork in the World Trade Center

Main article: Artwork at the World Trade Center (2001–present)

In November 2014, three large oil paintings by Argue (Randomly Placed Exact Percentages (2009-2013), Genesis (2007-09) and Isotropic (2009-2013)) were installed in the lobby of One World Trade Center as part of the art collection of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the building.[6][7][8]

56th Venice Biennale

Main article: 56th Venice Biennale

In 2015, during the Venice Biennale he exhibited Scattered Rhymes in the Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo on the Grand Canal.[9][10]

Special project (2018)

In 2018, his work Footfalls Echo in Memory (2017), a re-visitation of Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, was both the source for choreography and part of the scenography for News of the World, a dance show performed by ODC/Dance.[11][12]

Publications

Doug Argue: Letters to the Future (Skira, 2020)

Selected exhibitions

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Awards and recognition

  • National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship[20] (1987)
  • Rome Prize[21] (1997)
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant[22] (1995)
  • Bush Foundation Fellowship (1988)
  • London International Creative Competition First Prize (2009)

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  8. ^ Riley, Charles A. II (2015-02-28). "Power of Art Succeeds in 1 World Trade Center Art Collection". hamptonsarthub.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  9. ^ Nardin, Marie Ohanesian (2015-05-08). "Venice Biennale Arte 2015: Doug Argue's Scattered Rhymes, a Satellite Exhibit You'll Want to See". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
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  11. ^ Tollon, Marie (2018-03-16). "A Veil Over the Moment: "News of the World" Program Notes". Medium. Archived from the original on 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  12. ^ "ODC/Dance – News of the World, What we carry What we keep – San Francisco". DanceTabs. 2018-03-17. Archived from the original on 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
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