Frank Kowing Abstract Mixed Media Sculpture of an Abstracted Mouth

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An abstract mixed media sculpture of an abstracted mouth by Maryland-based artist Frank Kowing (American, 1944-2016). This work consists of a web of branches and sticks, neckties, clothing fabric, and woven baskets assembled to resemble an open mouth. The composition is erratically covered with red, gold, green, yellow, and orange acrylic paint. No signature was found on the work. The composition is accompanied with a descriptive catalog on the artist’s painting series Journey of Healing.

Frank Kowing is an outsider artist based in Maryland with a larger than life reputation, the bulk of his focus being mixed media works, many grand in scale and with three dimensional quality. He has participated in a vast array of group shows and exhibits since his first shows in the 1970s in New York City. His education, after service in Vietnam with the US Army, was extensive and included the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands and several fine art institutions in Pennsylvania.

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17BAL145-010-001