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Dan Witz, 2020-2025
Oil on aluminum panel
32" x 21" (81.28 cm x 53.34 cm)
These single-figure cut outs extract individual form from the broader crowd dynamics of the History Paintings series. Painted in oil on contoured aluminum, each piece functions as a standalone sculptural study, translating traditional academic tropes and dramatic chiaroscuro into a direct, boundaryless engagement with modern physical space.
"As with all these pieces, the portraits and single figures were conceived as history paintings—current concerns clothed in traditional academic tropes. While costuming and prop wrangling, as well as photographing and composing, I was careful to avoid polemic or negative argument. I wanted the paintings to resonate with our current situation, of course, but, like the best history painting, to be dynamic beyond our time."
-Dan Witz
Sales Tax will be collected at pick up, if artwork is not shipped.*
Dan Witz, 2020-2025
Oil on aluminum panel
32" x 21" (81.28 cm x 53.34 cm)
These single-figure cut outs extract individual form from the broader crowd dynamics of the History Paintings series. Painted in oil on contoured aluminum, each piece functions as a standalone sculptural study, translating traditional academic tropes and dramatic chiaroscuro into a direct, boundaryless engagement with modern physical space.
"As with all these pieces, the portraits and single figures were conceived as history paintings—current concerns clothed in traditional academic tropes. While costuming and prop wrangling, as well as photographing and composing, I was careful to avoid polemic or negative argument. I wanted the paintings to resonate with our current situation, of course, but, like the best history painting, to be dynamic beyond our time."
-Dan Witz
Sales Tax will be collected at pick up, if artwork is not shipped.*