Nassau County Museum of Art presents PETER MAX, a solo exhibition of works by one of the most beloved of contemporary artists, called "one of the most widely recognized artists of our time" by art historian Charles A. Riley II, Ph.D. This exhibition, the lauded Pop artist's first museum exhibition in New York, juxtaposes portfolios of his mostly black-and-white drawings on paper against many of his larger and more color-saturated works in a variety of media. The showing at Nassau County Museum of Art is the first in-depth look at this well-known artist's original drawings, which cover a wide range of subjects; sunsets over oceans and undulating landscapes, angels and other winged apparitions, boats sailing through idyllic harbors, cosmic imagery of planets and celestial bodies in space, portraits in profile and figures drawn from life, spiritual teachers such as swamis or gurus or sages, as well as flowers and other exotic plant life, to name only a few. These never-before-seen drawings, add to one of the most recognizable and commercially successful artistic practices of our times.
Peter Max
Cosmic Runner, Version 1, #II, 2004
Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas
48 X 48 inches
© Peter Max
Courtesy of the Artist
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