그림인지 사진인지...CRAIG MCPHERSON

Empty Stage (Fly Rail) 2001-04 oil on linen 72 x 48 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Empty Stage (Left Wing) 2003-04 oil on linen 84 x 60 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Study for Empty Stage 2003 oil on panel 40 x 25 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Act one: Scene one 1999 pastel on paper 40 x 60 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clairton Works (River) 2002-2005 oil on linen 86 x 60 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clairton (from the Hill) 1996-2005 oil on panel 18 x 23 1/2 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tim and Lisa 2005 pastel on prepared paper 17 x 8 3/8 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edgar Thompson (Hopper Cars) 2004 oil on panel 25 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hemp Lines 1995-2005 oil on panel 35 3/8 x 25 1/8 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rehearsal 2001-2005 oil on linen 84 x 60 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Titans (Grisaille) 2003-2005 oil on linen 42 x 80 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

Study for Titans (Rope) 2004 pastel on prepared paper 13 11/16 x 11 1/16 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yankee Stadium (Heavy Mist) 2006 pastel over Mezzotint 24 x 30 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ocean Terminal 2006 Mezzotint Edition of 50 30 x 30 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FDR Drive 1993 mezzotint printed on white BFK Rives paper 35 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Craig M^cPherson was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1948. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Kansas in 1970, he spent the following years curating and lecturing for the National Endowment for the Arts, before taking up residence in New York in 1975 to develop a career as an artist.

In 1983, M^cPherson had his first one-man exhibition at the A.M. Sachs Gallery in New York. M^cPherson next devoted his energies to printmaking, producing mezzotints of New York City at night. These prints led to a corporate art commission for the American Express Company for a 90-foot mural cycle for the auditorium of their corporate headquarters at the World Financial Center (WFC). This series of oil paintings is composed of four panels titled, Twilight: The Waterways and Bridges of Manhattan. In January 1987, the Harbors of the World mural cycle was initiated by American Express for the lobby of their New York WFC headquarters. This vast undertaking involved ten paintings 365 feet long by 11 feet high. This project involved traveling the world for one year, and studio work for four years. The murals depict the harbor cities -- New York, Venice, Istanbul, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro and Hong Kong. They are on permanent view in the American Express lobby and are referenced in a new book, Art in Public Places: New York’s 50 Best, by David Masello.

M^cPherson has had a number of one-man gallery shows in New York and has been in group exhibitions all over the world. He’s also had a number of smaller corporate and museum commissions. In 1998 he had his first museum retrospective at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University, England. The show traveled to Glasgow, Scotland.

M^cPherson’s work is included in numerous museum, corporate and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.  These include The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The British Museum, London; The Art Institute of Chicago; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Boston Public Library; The Carnegie Institute of Art, Pittsburgh; The Cleveland Museum; The Detroit Fine Arts Institute; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England; The Hunterian, Glasgow; The Library of Congress; National Museum of American Art, Washington; The Smithsonian Institution; The New York Historical Society; Museum of the City of New York; The Whitney Museum of American Art; The Wichita Art Museum; The San Francisco Museum of Fine Art; and many smaller city and university collections. Corporate collections include Alliance Capital, Bank of America, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citicorp, Dreyfus, Exxon, General Electric, Marsh McLennan, MBIA, Microsoft Corporation, Salomon Brothers, Wrigley’s Inc. and others.

M^cPherson has won art awards, been reviewed in The New York Times, The Financial Times, Artnews, The New York Post, The Observer and many other publications.