%C2%A9 Estate Roger Brown %2F SAIC%2C Courtesy Kavi Gupta Gallery
Skyscraper, 1971
Roger Brownexpand_more
Oil on canvas with artist's painted frameexpand_more
Gift of Dennis Adrian in memory of the artist and George Verondaexpand_more 2017.21.1
On View in Gallery 375expand_more
Roger Brown’s Skyscraper is filled with stories told in silhouette. In the high-rise itself, we spy couples at tables framed by green curtains. In the low row of businesses across the street, each with its own decorated façade, little intrigues also unfold. At the horizon line, mysterious gatherings flank spherical bushes. Brown was fascinated by how people interacted with architecture, as well as the little stories that unfolded around him in his neighborhood. His paintings seem like the film still from a 1940s movie, another one of Brown’s loves. The warm mysterious glow at the horizon derived from memories of childhood car trips: he had a fundamentalist Christian religious upbringing and when he saw the emanations of light around distant cities at night it made him wonder if the apocalypse was happening.
Details
- Title
- Skyscraper
- Artist Life
- 1941 - 1997
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2017.21.1
- Curator Approved
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© Estate Roger Brown / SAIC, Courtesy Kavi Gupta Gallery