EXHIBITION DATES: October 1 – October 29, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, October 1st, 6 – 9 pm (in conjunction with Art for Art’s Sake)
LOCATION: Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
GALLERY HOURS: Monday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm
In recent years Brooklyn-based still-life artist Richard Baker has painted true to size interpretations of vintage paperback book covers, particularly classic covers from the 1950s through the 1970s including literary luminaries such as Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and William Faulkner. More recently, Baker has also begun painting classic record album covers. The artist scours used bookstores and the remaining record stores in search of appropriately careworn paperbacks and albums to immortalize in his portraits. Baker says, “No precious first editions, no rare things—just your common companions.”
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Richard Baker
EXHIBITION DATES: October 1 – October 29, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, October 1st, 6 – 9 pm (in conjunction with Art for Art’s Sake)
LOCATION: Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
GALLERY HOURS: Monday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm
In recent years Brooklyn-based still-life artist Richard Baker has painted true to size interpretations of vintage paperback book covers, particularly classic covers from the 1950s through the 1970s including literary luminaries such as Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and William Faulkner. More recently, Baker has also begun painting classic record album covers. The artist scours used bookstores and the remaining record stores in search of appropriately careworn paperbacks and albums to immortalize in his portraits. Baker says, “No precious first editions, no rare things—just your common companions.”