Irving Norman: Close Up
Detail from "American Street Scene" (1961).
Irving Norman returned inexorably changed from voluntary service as a machine gunner in the Spanish Civil War. “I want all my efforts displayed,” he said, “so that hopefully they would have a humanizing effect on people that see it.”
A barber working in isolation from a tiny studio on Tunitas Creek, Norman built vast canvases that would hold “a neurotic mirror to a disordered world.” He remained an optimist despite commercial failure and FBI blacklisting, convinced these images might open America’s eyes.
The works are overwhelming. Every figure, every gesture carries meaning. Close Up invites you to lean in and let Norman reveal your humanity.
"Irving Norman: Close Up" on view in Palm Desert.
Opera in mostra
Irving Norman
American Street Scene
oil on canvas
74 x 90 in.
Irving Norman
The Human Condition (NORMAN004)
olio su tela
120 x 182 in.
Irving Norman
How Come
oil on canvas
90 x 60 in.
Irving Norman
Bacchanal
oil on canvas
69 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.
Irving Norman
Man and Time
oil on canvas
58 x 30 in.
Irving Norman
Snapshots
oil on canvas
40 x 90 in.
Irving Norman
Striptease
pencil and colored pencil on paper
30 x 20 in.
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“I want all my efforts displayed so that hopefully they would have a humanizing effect on people that see it.”
Irving Norman
