Vernon Fisher is an American artist working in a wide range of media, best known for his skillful combinations and juxtapositions of image and language. The mid-1970s was the period when Vernon Fisher started his artistic career, in the era marked by the legacies of Pop and Conceptual art. This mixture of styles …
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Born, raised, and still living in Fort Worth, Texas, multimedia painter Vernon Fisher is best known for his multilayered compositions, in which disparate images are superimposed upon one another. Quietly satirical, Vernon chooses his appropriations carefully, for both their graphic elegance and historical symbolism. He frequently uses maps and magazine photojournalism for background, allowing memorable American iconography seemingly to float atop: Mickey Mouse, men in blackface, a mushroom cloud. Vernon’s work is in the private collections of over 40 museums worldwide, and he has exhibited everywhere from New Delhi to Dusseldorf.
- Collected by a major museum
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- 2020
- Vernon Fisher: Angel Face, Mark Moore Fine Art
- 2019
- Vernon Fisher: Dark Waves Rising, Talley Dunn Gallery
- 2018
- Vernon Fisher Works on Paper, Josh Pazda Hiram Butler
Jocko at Dover, 2009
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Vernon Fisher is an American artist working in a wide range of media, best known for his skillful …
- Medium
- Condition
- Excellent
- Signature
- Hand-signed by artist
- Frame
- Included
Born, raised, and still living in Fort Worth, Texas, multimedia painter Vernon Fisher is best known for his multilayered compositions, in which disparate images are superimposed upon one another. Quietly satirical, Vernon chooses his appropriations carefully, for both their graphic elegance and historical symbolism. He frequently uses maps and magazine photojournalism for background, allowing memorable American iconography seemingly to float atop: Mickey Mouse, men in blackface, a mushroom cloud. Vernon’s work is in the private collections of over 40 museums worldwide, and he has exhibited everywhere from New Delhi to Dusseldorf.
- Collected by a major museum
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)