Donald Sultan

DONALD SULTAN (Asheville, North Carolina, 1951).
"Industrial park", 2004.
Etching and color aquatint on Somerset paper. Copy AP 14/20. Current print run of 50 copies.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 35,5 x 48 cm; 57,5 x 68,5 cm (paper).
Donald Sultan combines the mediums of painting, printmaking and sculpture to construct elegant paintings through the use of industrial materials such as tar, linoleum, aluminum, plaster and enamel. His structured works are both abstract and representational with quickly recognizable images such as the "Disasters" series, paintings that focused on industry, war and man-made catastrophes. But over the years, he has reinvented still life with images of lemons, poppies, fruits and flowers and everyday objects. His work is interested in contrast, Sultan explores the dichotomies of beauty and roughness, nature and the artificial, realism and abstraction. He has been exhibiting internationally in leading museums and galleries, and his works are included in major museum collections around the world. Sultan has received numerous honors and awards for his artistic achievements.