ANDREW YOUNG ART
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Selected Early Works 1987 - 1988


Picture
                  Animals on Show -  
      Egg tempera and wooden slats
      on panel.  20 x 16 in.

Picture
                      Illumination -
    Egg tempera, glass, nails, and raw          pigment on wood panel. 22 x 18 in.
Picture
                     Untitled (fragment) -
     Watercolor and raw pigment wash           on found cotton board. 10 x 7 in.

Picture
                   What was it These Early Men Dreamed of? -
          Egg tempera, oil, and clay on wood panel.  48 x 38 in.
Picture
                                      The Rhinoceros -
          Egg tempera and metal assemblage on wood panel                   diptych.  40 x 36 in.

Picture
                                                          First of All -
             Egg tempera, oil, mirror and wood assemblage on panel. 48 x 60 in.
Picture
                      History series I -
           Ink, oil stick, collage, tape, and
           varnish on paper. 14 x 10 in.


"The surfaces of the paintings are richly layered.  Areas of penetrating color broken by stripes or small rectangular forms divide the space into harmonic patterns.  These patterns take on the status of a symbolic syntax when paired with a recognizable image such as a human head or a cross.  These images are buried, rescued and buried again which builds up the surface and 'distances' or obscures the objects.  Their presence then becomes a part of the physical history of the canvas itself.  The objects radiate from the surface as opposed to simply sitting on top the surface for the immediate digestion of the viewer.​​​"

"Young describes his work as an exploration of the past 'for the possibility of new expression. I experiment with old forms in search of definition, a way or organizing my own experience, reinventing all the time ourselves and our becoming.'"  - Gallery News, Chicago, May, 1989.
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  • News
  • Work
    • mixed media/collage
    • recent sculpture
    • watercolor/drawing
    • works on metal and wood
    • egg tempera on panel
    • edition prints/monotypes
    • early work
    • photography
    • exhibition views
    • selected collections
  • Bio
    • narrative bio
    • resume
    • artist statements
    • process
    • scrapbook
  • Press
    • catalog essays
    • reviews
    • interviews
  • Projects
    • selected projects
    • project images
    • mazon creek fossils
    • herrin fossil flora
  • Contact
    • contact the artist
    • catalogs for sale
    • available artworks