Mikis
Date1995
Maker
Alessandro Raho
British, born Bahamas, 1971
Label TextRaho is a British painter whose portraiture is influenced by the paintings of Alex Katz and the straightforward figurative photography of Thomas Ruff. Raho uses his family and friends-often fellow artists, and most of them men-as his sitters. While the subject matter is personal, Raho tries to achieve some emotional distance from his sitters so that he can approach the painting objectively. Raho first takes a photograph of the subject, and then simplifies the forms and minimizes the detail to reduce portraiture to its barest essentials.
Object number96.8
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "First Person Singular" May 31, 2001 - March 17, 2002 (5/31/2001 - 3/17/2002)Credit LineGift of Rena Bransten in honor of Patterson Sims
Dimensions24 x 34 in. (60.96 x 86.36 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
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