Clintel Steed Oil Painting on Canvas "Ode to Afro's and Goldtea's"
Item Details
An oil painting on canvas titled Ode to Afro’s and Goldtea’s by listed contemporary artist Clintel Steed (New York, b. 1977), created in 1995. This work features heavily abstracted faces, packed with concentric linear outlines in vivid neon and phosphorescent colors. An abyss of writhing organic shapes fills the composition; psychedelic rainbow hues glow and smoothly gradate into one another. The work is signed, dated, and titled to the verso. The composition remains unframed.
Clintel Steed grew up in a predominantly African American and Pentecostal community, this is an evident influence to his paintings. His work is a personal dialogue with African American culture, contemporary politics, and the Biblical struggle between good and evil. Much of his work is rendered in a thick impasto technique featuring expressionistic brushstrokes loosely applied throughout his compositions. He acquired his formal artistic training at the Art Institute of Chicago receiving a BFA in 1999 and his MFA from Indiana University in 2001. During his artistic career, he presented his work in multiple locations including the Indiana University Art Museum, New York Studio School and the National Academy of Design, among others.
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Condition
- canvas stretching could be adjusted; minor scratches and smudge marks scattered throughout composition; minor fraying along canvas edges.
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Item #
17MOR063-072
