One Day My Soul Just Opened Up

Artwork details

Artist

Mark Kostabi

Title

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up

Description

Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front; hand signed, titled and date on verso by Mark Kostabi. Painting is stretched. Canvas size: 30 x 24 x 2 inches.

Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included.

About the Artist: Mark Kostabi (American, born 1960) is an American artist and composer best known for his paintings of faceless mannequin-like figures, often set in surrealistic landscapes or scenes from art history. His work explores a variety of themes, including suicide, love, and the role of technology in the modern world. The artist is commonly associated with his painting Use Your Illusion, which was the cover art for Guns N’ Roses’s album of the same name. Born on November 27, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA to Estonian immigrants, he studied art at California State University in Fullerton before moving to New York in 1982. During the mid-1980’s, Kostabi was an active participant in the East Village cultural scene, and became well known in the area for publishing self-interviews. Kostabi’s works are in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Princeton University Art Museum, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, among others.

Date

1999

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Signature

Signed

Sheet

30 x 24 x 2 inches

Status

Available

Price

$4,900.00