After Bill's Surgery, March 1988/It was difficult to get pants on...where does the colostomy bag go?..., from Bill's Surgery
Catalogue
- Year
- 1988
- Dimensions
- 25.5 × 33.5 cm (10 1/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Nicholas Africano
Artist
Printmaking
Nicholas Africano is an American painter known for intimate figurative works and narrative compositions that emerged from postwar abstraction's dissolution into figuration. Working primarily in oil and acrylic, his paintings often depict solitary or paired figures in domestic and psychological spaces, employing a restrained palette and careful attention to light and shadow. His practice bridges the gap between gestural abstraction and representational storytelling, creating work that privileges psychological presence over formal spectacle.
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Record
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- Nicholas Africano
- Year
- 1988
- Dimensions
- 25.5 × 33.5 cm (10 1/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1988-090297
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified