Tim Anderson: Faces

I don't envy many people; an exception is my globe-hopping, oil-slinging friend (and cousin-in-law, one removed) Tim Anderson.  A lifelong Chicagoan, he was a student and friend of the late Ed Paschke and his art career began in the 70's creating artwork for the Steppenwolf Theater, the Chicago stage company founded by Gary Sinise and which would later include John Malkovich, John Mahoney, William Peterson, Joan Allen and others. From there Tim became one of the founders of the Coldhouse Group, a project to exhibit paintings in temporary galleries set up in abandoned cold storage warehouses.

Tim's oeuvre spans a wide range of subjects from landscapes, to abstract maps, to primitive hieroglyphics, to Tommy Ivo's top fuel dragster. But he is best known for his portraiture, particularly his multi-portrait panels arrayed to depict historical and occupational themes: WW2 Dutch resistance fighters, Chicago mobsters, chefs, actors, saints and athletes.  Tim's pieces can be found in galleries and private collections around the world,  the Steppenwolf, the Chicago Historical Society, several United States Embassies, and (to my everlasting joy) my living room.  They have an emotional, visual vocabulary that shines through even my lousy photos.  I'll just shut up and let you enjoy.

Tim Anderson Gallery Links

Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago
Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles
Galerie Paul Friedland & Alexandre Rivault, Paris
Kunstkontor Westnerwacht, Regensburg

Comments

[cratedigger]

some of those Tim Anderson faces look very familiar, M. Iowahawk.