Steven Paul Carver
| Steven Paul Carver | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 25, 1951 |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Tulsa |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Painting, illustration, graphic design |
| Notable work | Portrait of Dock Boggs, Great Concerns of Western Man, In Absence, Gruppo Della Famiglia |
| Style | Realism, surrealism, fluxus |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Pamela Tolbert |
| 🌐 Website | stevecarver-art |
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Steven Paul Carver (born in Oklahoma on 25 May 1951) is an American painter, graphic designer and illustrator.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Carver attended the University of Tulsa, where his painting style was greatly influenced by the Regionalist artist Alexandre Hogue[3] who had been the head of the Art Department at TU. His graphic design work was influenced by the members of Push Pin Studios: Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, Paul Davis[3] and others.
Design career[edit]
Carver worked as an advertising art director in his native Oklahoma before moving to Los Angeles in 1975. There he worked for various advertising and design firms before going out on his own and for a time was a partner in Dustbowl Studios with fellow artists Wayne Kruse and Henry Marquez. A partial list of his design clients includes AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, Toyota, Zoetrope Studios, Citibank, Crowley Foods, and Cornell University.[citation needed]
During the 1980s Carver partnered with artist and author Tom Parker to found “Moonrocket”, a virtual gallery specializing in work originally produced for publication by leading illustrators. Their work on Face Factory, a database for building digital portraits, was featured in Wired Magazine.[4]
Over the next several decades, more and more of his work came from his abilities as an illustrator.[2] During the 1990s Carver produced art for many book publishing houses[citation needed] and for the sleeves of record albums; his art could be seen on LPs for The Beach Boys,[citation needed] Kansas,[citation needed] Rufus with Chaka Khan[citation needed] and the jazz artists Tony Williams,[citation needed] Maynard Ferguson[5] and Lalo Schifrin[citation needed] among others. His cover art for the album The Best of Kansas has been thoroughly analyzed by those[according to whom?] seeking to identify all the hidden visual references to all previous albums released by the group.[citation needed] Carver’s portrait of Bonnie Raitt was included in a special edition of Rolling Stone that featured the best interviews conducted by the magazine from 1967 through 1992.[6]
He also produced editorial art for The New York Times,[7][8] The Los Angeles Times,[9] The Boston Globe[10], Time[citation needed] and Newsweek.[11]
Other activities[edit]
In 2016, Carver spearheaded an effort to rehabilitate 8 WPA-era sculptures on the grounds of Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, NY. Working with conservator Kasia Maroney of Boston Restoration, all eight works were cleaned and repaired for the first time in 70 years.[12][13] [14]
Painting career[edit]
Since 2009, Carver has focused almost exclusively on painting. His major influences have been the Dadaists, the Pop Art and Fluxus movements and hundreds of anonymous sign and banner painters as well.[1][2]
His paintings are included in private and institutional collections across the US. His work has been shown at galleries/museums including: the Corcoran Gallery of Art,[1] the Palmer Museum of Art,[1][2] the Arnot Art Museum[2], Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Woodstock Art Museum, among others. In 2005, his portrait of roots musician Dock Boggs(originally painted for The Atlantic Monthly[15][16] was part of a major exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., titled "Picturing the Banjo"[17][2]. Carver's painting joined works by Mary Cassatt, Thomas Hart Benton, Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer in telling the history of the instrument in art and the broader culture.
In 2017, he curated “All Manner of Marvels” at the Corners Gallery in Ithaca, NY, in which he gathered work together from artists from California to New York. Participating artists included Gary Panter, Lou Beach, Robin Cass, Minna Resnick and several others.[18]
Later in 2017, Carver’s desolate landscape “in absence”, a tribute to his mentor Alexandre Hogue, was featured in the NWC Biennale at the University of Oklahoma.
Personal life[edit]
Carver married Pamela Tolbert in 1975; she is a professor at Cornell University[18] in Ithaca, NY; they are the parents of two daughters.
Exhibitions and publications[edit]
Selected group exhibitions[edit]
- All Manner of Marvels (curator/exhibitor), Corners Gallery, Ithaca, New York, 2017[2][18][19][20]
- NWC Biennale, Jones Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 2017[21]
- 75th Regional Exhibition, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York, 2016[1][2][22]
- Crave, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, New York, 2015[2][19][23]
- Here + Now, Exhibit-A Gallery, Corning, New York, 2013
- Stone Canoe 2012, Herbert Williams Gallery, CFAC, Syracuse, New York, 2013[2]
- 9 Years, Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Binghamton, New York, 2012[1][2]
- Far & Wide, WAAM, Woodstock, New York, 2012 [24]
- Made in NY 2012, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York, 2012
- 73rd Regional Exhibition, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York, 2011[2]
- Regional Juried Exhibition, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, New York, 2009[1]
- Art Invitational, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, New York, 2006[1][2]
- Picturing the Banjo, Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, 2006[1][2]
- Picturing the Banjo, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005[1][2][16]
- Group Show, Fowler-Mills Galleries, Santa Monica, California, 1978[1][2]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "Steve Carver". Anthony Brunelli Gallery. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 "Lot 9: Steve Carver DEVIL OF THE SEAS 2014 Painting Contemporary US Art Circus Sideshow". Invaluable. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Artist's Insights Steve Carver". Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts. Retrieved 13 Aug 2020.
- ↑ Skaggs, Kevin (September 1995). "Face Factory". Wired. pp. 142–143. ASIN B00G04HRL0.
- ↑ Ferguson, Maynard. "Hollywood". Allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ Henke, James (15 October 1992). "Best Interviews". Rolling Stone. No. 641. Straight Arrow Publishers. p. 171. ASIN B000UYFWV8.
- ↑ "About Men". New York Times Magazine. 21 Jul 1985.
- ↑ "Correction". New York Times Magazine. 4 Aug 1985.
- ↑ "Letter to Theresa". Los Angeles Times Magazine. 8 Jun 1997. p. 15.
- ↑ "The Secret Gardens of Los Angeles". The Boston Globe. 13 Mar 1988. pp. 18–19.
- ↑ "Cover". Newsweek. 16 Apr 1990.
- ↑ Simon Wheeler (14 July 2016). "Sculptures Get Facelift". The Ithaca Journal. p. 3A. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ Chaisson, Bill (June 1, 2016). "A Quiet Restoration". The Ithaca Times. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ "Collection of 1930's Outdoor Garden Sculptures From the Federal Arts Project". Kasia Maroney Conservation. Retrieved 13 Aug 2020.
- ↑ Hogeland, William (Nov 1998). "Cornbread When I'm Hungry". Atlantic Monthly. 282 (5). Atlantic Monthly. pp. 116–124. ASIN B019S7XAWA. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Mazow, Leo G. (2005). Picturing the Banjo. Palmer Museum of Art. pp. 40–41. ISBN 9780271027104. Search this book on
- ↑ "Picturing the Banjo". Corcoran Gallery Exhibitions. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Snyder, Bill (6 Mar 2017). "All Manner of Marvels Are On Display In Ithaca". WSKG Radio. WSKG. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Corners Gallery". Corners Gallery. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ "Corners Gallery to Unveil New Show". Ithaca Journal. 7 Mar 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ Karper, Kelsey; Owens, Romy (2017). National Weather Center Biennale. University of Oklahoma. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-692-85920-9. Search this book on
- ↑ "Arts and Culture: What's going on?". Constant Contact. 3 Apr 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ "Past Exhibitions 2015". Corners Gallery. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ "Far and Wide the Fourth Annual Woodstock Regional Exhibition". Retrieved 24 May 2020.
Other sources[edit]
- Colley, Robert (Editor), "Stone Canoe", Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary, No. 7, 2013, p. 178
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