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Rod Penner: Paintings, 1987-2022
Hardcover
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ISBN13: 9781732986442
Publisher: Artist Book Foundation
Published: Dec 31 2022
Pages: 200
Weight: 4.15
Height: 1.10 Width: 11.30 Depth: 12.30
Language: English
Rod Penner infuses his photorealistic paintings of the American southwest with a cinematic quality in the first major monograph on this contemporary realist artist.
The abandoned and forgotten landscapes of rural southwestern towns are the favored subjects of Rod Penner's paintings. His deft use of contrasts in his images--despondency and hope, isolation and nostalgia--evokes memories of The Last Picture Show and elicits complex responses from viewers. I'm interested in the look of things and the quality of being there, he says. A moment that is completely frozen with all the variety of textures; rust on poles, crumbling asphalt, light hitting the grass.
Penner's works are based on his photographs, digital video stills, and his experience of the rural landscapes of Texas and New Mexico. He depicts desolate, often deserted locations, the character of old houses and abandoned buildings, weather, and unique geography. His chosen scenes are infused with a cinematic quality that is the result of the exquisite light that he captures with his meticulous process. The finished paintings should evoke contrasting responses of melancholy and warmth, desolation and serenity, he says.
Penner's hyperrealistic technique meticulously records both the iconic imagery and the beauty in the ashes of these once-prosperous streets and nighborhoods that still endure. The incredible poignant scenes evoke a universalism, a collective experience seen through the lens of Americana. You won't find any hidden or overt socio-political meaning in my work and at the same time I hope that by utilizing what I find in the American landscape I'm able to connect to viewers on a deeper psychological level.
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