Carroll Dunham
1949–
Introduction
Carroll Dunham (born November 5, 1949) is an American painter. Working since the late 1970s, Dunham's career reached critical renown in the 1980s when he first exhibited with Baskerville + Watson, a decade during which many artists returned to painting. He is known for his conceptual approach to painting and drawing and his interest in exploring the relationship between abstraction and figuration.
Of his body of work, Johanna Burton writes, "Dunham's career can be characterized by its rigorous indefinability, as his works dip freely into the realms of abstraction, figuration, surrealism, graffiti, pop, even cartoons, without ever settling loyally into any one of them." David Pagel, in a Los Angeles Times review intended to be complimentary, described his paintings as "vulgar beyond belief..."
Wikidata identifier
Q1045182
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Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, graphic artist, graphic designer, lecturer, painter
ULAN identifier
500110733
Names
Carroll Dunham, Caroll Dunham
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69 works
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Studies for Winners and Losers
2019 -
Wrestlers
2015, printed 2016 -
Untitled (11/27/13)
2013 -
Untitled
2009 -
Tree 1
2008–2009 -
Tree 2
2008–2009 -
Untitled, April 11, 2007
2007 -
Untitled
2006 -
Large Bather (quicksand)
2006–2012 -
Personal Distance (Five)
2003 -
Mesokingdom Five (orgone sea)
2001 -
Atmospherics
2001–2002 -
Deformed Characters
2000 -
Female Portraits
2000 -
The Sun
2000–2001 -
Untitled 5/18/99
1999 -
Untitled (6/11/98, 6/19/98)
1998 -
Blue House
1997–1998 -
Untitled (8/10/95)
1995 -
Cold and Dark
1992–1993 -
Integration
1991 -
Analysis
1991 -
Alpha
1990–1994 -
Gamma
1990–1994 -
Delta
1990–1994 -
Epsilon
1990–1994 -
Zeta
1990–1994 -
Eta
1990–1994 -
Beta
1990–1994 -
Shadows #1
1989
69 works