Description
Calgary artist Chris Flodberg is a virtuoso oil painter, a painter's painter. He became known for his landscapes but has since tackled a startling range of themes: World War II warships, intimate interiors, post-apocalyptic banquets, abstracts, guard dogs and, most recently, ninety-six self-portraits in ninety-six different styles. These are monumental paintings that grab the viewer by the throat and demand attention. Flodberg is inspired by art history, but the art he creates is his alone: visceral, intensely rendered, relentlessly probing, beautiful but often uncomfortable. An acutely self-aware painter, Flodberg places a high value on honesty. His art is a dazzling collection of self-portraits and statements on everything from war and greed to the blossoming trees on his street. Chris Flodberg: Paintings brings together 160 of Flodberg's paintings from his first two decades. It is accompanied by five essays by Monique Westra and short musings by the artist himself.
Author: Scott Steedman
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Published: 03/14/2017
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.30w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781771621236
ISBN10: 1771621230
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Canadian
Author: Scott Steedman
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Published: 03/14/2017
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.30w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781771621236
ISBN10: 1771621230
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Canadian
About the Author
Chris Flodberg was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. After completing his BFA (Alberta College of Art + Design) and MFA (University of Alberta), he taught painting and drawing before becoming a full-time painter. Flodberg has been included in dozens of solo and group shows over the last two decades, including Chris Flodberg: In Review, 1990 to 2014, at the Whyte Museum in Banff (2016) and Matters of Denial at the Art Gallery of Calgary (2008).