汤姆·韦塞尔曼·恩茨（1931-2004）

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Having unwittingly inserted himself into the Pop Art conversation with his Great American Nude series, Tom Wesselmann spent the rest of his career explaining that his motivation was not to focus excessively on a subject matter or to generate social commentary but instead, to give form to what titillated him most as beautiful and exciting. His disembodied Mouth series of 1965 established that an image did not have to rely on extraneous elements to communicate meaning. But it was his follow-up performances with the Smoker series and its seductive, fetish allure that raised his standing among true sybarites everywhere. Apart from perceiving smoking as cool and chic, a painting such as Smoker #21 is the consummate celebration of Wesselmann’s abilities as a painter. Enticed by the undulating smoke, Wesselmann took great pains to accurately depict its sinuous movements and observe the momentary pauses that heightened his appreciation of its sensual nature. Like all of Wesselmann’s prodigious scaled artworks, Smoker #21 has the commanding presence of an altarpiece. It was produced during long hours in his impressive Manhattan studio in Cooper Square, and the result is one of sultry dynamism — evocative, sensual, alluring, sleek, luscious, and perhaps, even sinister — a painting that flaunts his graphic supremacy and potent realism varnished with his patented sex appeal flair.<br><br>Tom Wesselmann expanded upon the success of his Great American Nudes by focusing on singular features of his subjects and began painting his Mouth series in 1965. In 1967, Wesselmann’s friend Peggy Sarno paused for a cigarette while modeling for Wesselmann’s Mouth series, inspiring his Smoker paintings. The whisps of smoke were challenging to paint and required Wesselmann to utilize photographs as source material to capture the smoke’s ephemeral nature properly. The images here show Wesselmann photographing his friend, the screenwriter Danièle Thompson, as she posed for some of Wesselmann’s source images.

21号烟囱197574 1/2 x 67 1/2 in.(189.23 x 171.45 cm)异形画布上的油彩

"我对烟雾和近距离的嘴巴很感兴趣。我开始画嘴的目的不是为了色情。我开始时只是想让它们成为一张嘴，仅此而已。"- 汤姆-韦塞尔曼

历程

在不知不觉中，他以他的《伟大的美国裸体》将自己插入了波普艺术的对话中。 大美国裸体系列，汤姆-韦塞尔曼在其余下的职业生涯中解释说，他的动机不是过度关注一个主题或产生社会评论，而是将最能刺激他的东西赋予形式，使之成为美丽和刺激。他在1965年创作的 "没有实体的嘴"系列，确立了图像不需要依靠不相干的元素来传达意义。但是，正是他在《吸烟者》系列中的后续表演及其诱人的、恋物癖的诱惑，提高了他在各地真正的酒廊爱好者中的地位。除了将吸烟视为酷和时尚之外，像《吸烟者#21》这样的画作是对韦塞尔曼作为一个画家的能力的完美庆祝。被起伏的烟雾所吸引，韦塞尔曼不厌其烦地准确描绘其蜿蜒的运动，并观察到瞬间的停顿，从而提高了他对其感官性质的欣赏。就像韦塞尔曼所有规模巨大的艺术作品一样，《吸烟者》第21号有一种祭坛画的威严。这幅画是在他位于库珀广场的曼哈顿工作室里长时间创作的，其结果是一种闷热的活力--令人回味的、感性的、诱人的、光滑的、有光泽的，甚至可能是阴险的--这幅画炫耀了他的图形优势和强大的现实主义，并涂上了他专利的性吸引力的色彩。

汤姆-韦塞尔曼和他的妻子克莱尔，以及正在进行的 "伟大的美国裸体37号"，1962年

汤姆-韦塞尔曼在他位于纽约布利克街175号的工作室，1961年

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汤姆-韦塞尔曼在他的《伟大的美国裸体》的成功基础上，扩大了他的作品。 伟大的美国裸体他在1965年开始画他的嘴巴系列，专注于他的对象的单一特征。1967年，Wesselmann的朋友Peggy Sarno在为Wesselmann的嘴部系列做模特时暂停了吸烟，激发了他的吸烟者绘画。烟雾的嗖嗖声对绘画来说是一种挑战，要求韦塞尔曼利用照片作为原始材料，以正确捕捉烟雾的短暂性质。这里的图片显示了韦塞尔曼拍摄他的朋友，编剧Danièle Thompson，她为韦塞尔曼的一些原始图片摆姿势。