Doug Argue

Doug Argue (born January 21, 1962 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American painter based in New York City, New York, United States.[1]

Doug Argue
Born (1962-01-21) January 21, 1962
Saint Paul, Minnesota[1]
NationalityAmerican
Education
Notable work
Randomly Placed Exact Percentages (2009-2013)
Isotropic (2009-2013)
Websitedougargue.com

Career

After attending art classes at Bemidji State University and the University of Minnesota from 1980 to 1983,[2] Argue's early works were influenced by German Expressionism.[2] During his two different trips to Venice, he was influenced by Italian 16th century paintings, such as Tintoretto’s Crucifixion, which inspired him to begin creating more large scale works.[2]

In 1989, after the birth of his son, Mattison, Argue's work started being characterized by the use of parts to render the idea of a whole. He chose chickens as the protagonists of a saga where conventionally neglected creatures were turned into subjugated minorities.[3][4]

Since 1983, Argue's work has been exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions.[5]

Artwork in the World Trade Center
Main article: Artwork in the World Trade Center

In the beginning of November 2014, his works Randomly Placed Exact Percentages (2009-2013) and Isotropic (2009-2013) have been on display in the lobby of One World Trade Center as a part of the art collection of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the building.[6][7][8]

56th Venice Biennale
Main article: 56th Venice Biennale

In 2015, during the Venice Biennale he exhibited Scat-tered Rhymes in the Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo on the Grand Canal.[9][10]

Special project (2018)

In 2018, his work Footfalls Echo in Memory (2017), a re-visitation of Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, was both the source for choreography and part of the scenography for News of the World, a dance show performed by ODC/Dance.[11][12]

Selected exhibions

Awards and recognition
  • National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship[20] (1987)
  • Rome Prize[21] (1997)
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant[22] (1995)
  • Bush Foundation Fellowship (1988)
  • London International Creative Competition First Prize (2009)
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References
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  2. Scotta, Danilo Jon (5 June 2020). "Doug Argue: energy beyond the surface. The unconventional questioning". ny-artnews. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  3. Blakemore, Erin. "Enormous Chicken Painting Comes Home to Roost". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  4. "Bye-bye, birdies". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  5. "Doug Argue Biography". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  6. "Expansive abstractions of the universe on view at newly opened One World Trade Center". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  7. "Unity Through Abstraction: One World Trade Center's Art Collection". Artsy. 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  8. Riley, Charles A., II (2015-02-28). "Power of Art Succeeds in 1 World Trade Center Art Collection". hamptonsarthub.com. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  9. Nardin, Marie Ohanesian; ContributorWriter (2015-05-08). "Venice Biennale Arte 2015: Doug Argue's Scattered Rhymes, a Satellite Exhibit You'll Want to See". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  10. McAlpine, Skye. "Venice Biennale 2015: Our Favorite Under-the-Radar Art Exhibits". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  11. Tollon, Marie (2018-03-16). "A Veil Over the Moment: "News of the World" Program Notes". Medium. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  12. "ODC/Dance – News of the World, What we carry What we keep – San Francisco". DanceTabs. 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  13. "The Library of Babel, Doug Argue ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  14. "Untitled (Plymouth Plantation), Doug Argue ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  15. "#12, from the Botanical series, Doug Argue ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  16. "Doug Argue". walkerart.org. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  17. "Exhibition of new paintings by genre-busting painter Doug Argue opens at Edelman Arts". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  18. "Doug Argue". The Art Altruist. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  19. "Bye-bye, birdies". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  20. "Doug Argue". The Art Altruist. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  21. "Doug Argue". PIERMARQ* - Contemporary art gallery, Paddington, Sydney. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  22. "Doug Argue". Marc Straus. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
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