DOUBLE STANDARD, 1984
Lithograph printed in twenty-two colors
78 x 42
$12,000
Untitled (for Phyllis) , 1987
Oil stick and charcoal on paper
20.5 x 16 inches
$18,000
The Folio Suite, 1986
FOLIO # 7, 1986
Lithograph
31 x 23 inches
$4,250
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Field Notes Series, 1992
In his "Field Notes" Terry Winters builds a vocabulary of images culled from the many scientific sources which the artist has used in his paintings and drawings. Among the images are Winters' typical plant, spore and crystalline shapes from earlier work, but also the densely drawn linear and organic shapes from more recent works. It is difficult to tell in looking at these images whether Winters is depicting a cluster of berries, some fantastic aquatic plant or jellyfish, or a microscopic view of cellular forms. Though reminiscent of botanical or natural history illustrations, Winters has a less than scientific interest in these images as he invents hybridized images of life and phenomena.
As is customary in Winters' work, the palette is muted, but among the subtle variations of black, grey and brown are washes of brighter and more brilliant colors. While Winters often concentrates on a central image, he repeats that image in sketches and loose smudgy references all over the page. As with his drawings the residual messiness of the media (and often his fingerprints) become part of the image. This is especially true of the lithographs where there is virtually no mark making gesture which the artist/lithographer cannot print. Even fingerprints and spit can make printable marks. Available prints are below:
Plate 25 from FIELD NOTES, 1992
Etchings, 13 x 10 inches each, Ed/75, Pace Editions $900. framed
Winters is interested in these limitless possibilities. It is clear that through printmaking, Winters is exploring techniques and media peculiar to the graphic arts which can inform his other work as he moves back and forth between painting, drawing and printmaking.
Also Available by Order:
AMPLITUDE, 2000
Intaglio, 53.25 x 43.5 inches, Ed/45, ULAE
$5,000.
LOCUS, 1993
Lithograph, 25 x 35.75 inches, Ed/49, Published by ULAE
$2,800.
Personal History
Terry Winters was born in 1949 in Brooklyn, NY. He attended the High School of Art and Design in New York, and received a BFA from the Pratt Institute (1971). His early paintings were influenced by the minimalist, monochromatic paintings of Brice Marden. However, Winters' love of drawing and his growing interest in depiction led him to introduce schematic references to biological, astronomical, or architectural structures as the subject of his paintings. By the early 1980s, these had developed into loose grids of organic shapes against lushly painted fields.
He received his BFA from the Pratt Institute in 1971 and began showing his work in New York in 1977.
Winters' first one-person exhibition in New York was at Sonnabend Gallery (1982); he was subsequently included in the Whitney Museum of American Art's Biennial Exhibition (1985, 1987, and 1995) and the Corcoran Gallery of Art's 40th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (1987). Winters' work has been exhibited in the Whitney Biennial (1988), in a one-person exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London as well as many international museum and gallery shows.
Survey exhibitions of his art have been organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Contemporary Art (1991), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1991), and the Whitechapel. Bill Goldston invited Winters to print at ULAE in 1982. As Winters has continued to work at ULAE, his prints have become increasingly complex, offering a solution between drawing and painting.
Selected Public and Private Collections
The Eli Broad Family Foundation, Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
PaineWebber Group Inc., New York
Saatchi Collection, London
The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Installation views of past Terry Winters exhibitions, click to enlarge:
