WILLIAM ATKINSON
West 25th Street, New York, NY
530
Contemporary artist William Atkinson has been active in the art world for over a decade. Atkinson’s work first took the form of street art in Los Angeles, where he worked under the pseudonym ‘Insurgency Inc.’ As his artwork migrated into the gallery setting, the artist began labeling the paintings with his given name, William Atkinson. While the artist continues to utilize elements from street art, such as symbolism and familiar imagery in artworks, his current work focuses predominantly on personal expression rather than an anonymous cultural critique.
Atkinson’s multi-media works combine imagery from his day-to-day life with imagery from pop culture and street art, which are assembled into collaged pieces. Atkinson applies dynamic brush strokes and lines in a gestural mode to contrast the graphic imagery and leaves his makings exposed and unedited. The lack of shading, and inclusion of negative space allows for a focus on both form and symbolism. The diverse range of materials, source imagery, and the artist’s re-contextualization of figures and text prompt all viewers to consider new paths and perspectives of critical thought.
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Literally Anything to Escape this Moment, 2015 Mixed media on paper 29” x 35” $3400 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
BUY ON ART-MINE.COM Controlled Chaos, Anarchy & Higher Education, 2015 Mixed media on paper 29” x 35” $3400
Eat the Rotten Fruit of your Love, 2015 Mixed media on paper 29” x 35” $3400 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
Let us Not Revel Your Fake Reality, 2015 Mixed media on paper 29” x 35” $3400 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
In My Element, 2022 Mixed Media on Canvas 60” x 48″ $8500 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
Essential Vs. Insignificant, 2022 Mixed Media on Canvas 60” x 48″ $8500 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
Exchange Everything 1, 2022 Mixed Media on Canvas 36” x 24” $3600 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
Exchange Everything 2, 2022 Mixed Media on Canvas 36” x 24” $3600 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
Exchange Everything 3, 2022 Mixed Media on Canvas 36” x 24” $3600 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
He Who Jumps, 2022 Mixed Media on Canvas 60” x 120” $14000 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
All Noise Fades, 2022 Mixed Media on Canvas 60” x 48” $8500 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
Circumstances of Existence, 2022 Mixed Media on Canvas 60” x 48” $8500 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
Dallas 3.5, 2021 Mixed Media on Board 16” x 20” $3300 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
BUY ON ART-MINE.COM Dallas 3.4, 2021 Mixed Media on Board 20” x 16” $3300
Dallas 3.3, 2021 Mixed Media on Board 24” x 18” $3650 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
Dallas 3.1, 2021 Mixed Media on Board 18” x 24” $3650 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
Dallas 3.2, 2021 Mixed Media on Board 16” x 20” $3300 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
Dallas 3.6, 2021 Mixed Media on Board 16” x 20” $3300 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
10th Street, 2019 Mixed Media on Canvas 60” x 48” $6600 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
BUY ON ART-MINE.COM They Interest Me, 2021 Mixed Media on Canvas 60” x 48” $6600
BUY ON ART-MINE.COM Simulacrum, 2019 Mixed Media on Canvas 36” x 24” $4450
Referential Treatment, 2019 Mixed Media on Canvas 48” x 30” $5250 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
BUY ON ART-MINE.COM Idle Worship, 2018 Mixed Media & Collage on Board 18” x 12” $3100
Weight of the Matter, 2018 Mixed Media & Collage on Board 12” x 12” $2850 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
BUY ON ART-MINE.COM Catch and Release, 2018 Mixed Media & Collage on Board 16” x 20” $3350
Nature vs Nurture #4, 2018 Mixed Media & Collage on Board 20” x 16” $3300 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
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vs Nurture
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Nature
#3, 2018
Collage on Board
Winter, 2018 Mixed Media & Collage on Board 24” x 20” $3750 BUY ON ART-MINE.COM
The modern interconnected world forces the private lives of individuals into the public sphere. This exchange has residual unintended effects on both the individual and the public discourse.
Whether seen as a verb or a noun, exchange implies a trading or replacing of one thing for another. Some people are willing to freely trade their personal identity for public discourse, while others are coerced into the transaction via the ease of modern communications. In this series, I study the inter-networked feeling of compliance or non-compliance in relation to what is gained or lost, whether it be material, emotional, real, or perceived. There is a focus on how one insulates themselves from this exchange and the feelings it fosters.
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