Robert Cottingham
American b. 1935
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Radio City Deli
Radio City Deli
Signed by artist
c. 1980
Framed: 17 x 17 inches
Inside Image: 10 3/4 x 12 inches
About This Piece
About This Piece
Cottingham’s interest in the intersections of art and commerce derive from his career as an adman and the influence of Pop art. Many of his paintings convey an interest in typography and lettering, as well as an awareness of the psychological impact of certain isolated words and letters. In his facades, techniques from advertising, namely cropping and enlarging, often produce words of enigmatic or comical resonance such as “Art,” “Ha,” or “Oh.” Cottingham’s enlarged sense of scale is reminiscent of James Rosenquist’s work, while his interest in text suggests the influence of Robert Indiana and Jasper Johns. In general, Cottingham viewed his work as continuing the legacy of Pop artists such as Andy Warhol, who also had a background in advertising.
About The Artist
About The Artist
Robert Cottingham (born 1935) is an American Photorealist painter and printmaker. He is regarded as one of the seminal figures of the Photorealist movement. Cottingham’s technical expertise and tightly cropped subject matter result in compositions that oscillate between the abstract and the iconic. Cottingham’s depictions of vintage signs, neon lights, and storefronts have a documentary quality that evokes the optimistic promise of modernism—a notion that has been fascinatingly complicated by the collective hindsight of the twenty-first century.
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