Jim Dine
Biography
Jim Dine was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and became a prolific painter, graphic artist, poet, and sculpture during the Pop Art period. Although Jim Dine has been called a pop artist, his aesthetic is far more within the tradition of Abstract Expressionism, Dada and Neo-Surrealists. The objects he uses are either personal, such as his own clothes, or newly purchased, as in the case of new shovels or wrenches. Nor is the object presented as an entity; instead, Dine places it within a painterly environment that has personal connotations for him. In the mid-sixties, he made a number of free-standing cast aluminum and, in the following decade, he began producing works in series, representing three-dimensional objects such as the robe, tools, or heart that have become his own icons. In the 1980s, his interest in objects evolved towards the creation of sculpture.
Jim Dine's work is included in numerous international public collections including: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humelbeak, Denmark; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and Tate Gallery, London.
Gallery Exhibitions
Jim Dine, Pinocchio As I Knew Him This Year - November 27, 2007 - January 5, 2008 Jim Dine, Recent Paintings - May 1 - 31, 2003
Press
With bold strokes, Stanford show paints clear picture that art should be enjoyed, San Francisco Chronicle Download PDF (88 K)
Selected Works
Jim Dine Hallelujah, 2007 acrylic, oil and charcoal on linen 48 x 96 inches
Jim Dine Model for the Boras Monument, 2006 acrylic paint on patinated cast bronze 27 1/4 x 19 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches ed. 2/8
Jim Dine The Issue of Spring, 2004 charcoal, pastel, gesso and scrylic on paper 47 1/2 x 60 inches