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Mikis

1995

British, born Bahamas, 1971

Raho 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.

Oil on canvas

24 x 34 in. (60.96 x 86.36 cm)

Gift of Rena Bransten in honor of Patterson Sims

96.8

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "First Person Singular" May 31, 2001 - March 17, 2002 (5/31/2001 - 3/17/2002)

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