John Connell (born 1940 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a contemporary American artist. His work includes sculpture, painting, drawing and writing. Connell attended Brown University, in Providence, RI (1958-1960), the Art Students League, NY (1960-1961) and New York University (1962) where he studied Chinese print making. His first show was in New York in 1962. In the mid-60s, he moved to California, where he worked as the set designer for the San Francisco Mime Troupe.

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  • John Connell (born 1940 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a contemporary American artist. His work includes sculpture, painting, drawing and writing. Connell attended Brown University, in Providence, RI (1958-1960), the Art Students League, NY (1960-1961) and New York University (1962) where he studied Chinese print making. His first show was in New York in 1962. In the mid-60s, he moved to California, where he worked as the set designer for the San Francisco Mime Troupe. In the 70s, 80s and 90s, he worked primarily in the Southwestern United States, where he painted large murals and was visible in New Mexico's most respected art galleries, being part of the Santa Fe artist group Nerve and gaining a reputation for his large installations. He is particularly well known for his drawings, some of which are done in charcoal and spray paint and can be as large as twenty feet high and thirty feet wide. Connell used plaster-of-Paris in the 80s, and later turned to tar, paper and wax, in large figurative sculptures. He has also used bronze, cement, wood, and chicken wire. His works on paper sometimes includes elements of collage. In the early 80s, he mostly gave up using commercial paints and began making his own out of iron oxide and pigments. In more recent paintings, he has used ashes, mud and earth. His work has also included elements of writing and occassionally audio tape. Connell's influences include Hokusai, Rembrandt, Balzac, Dante, Giacometti and De Kooning. Buddhism is a central theme.
  • John Connell, né en 1940 à Atlanta en Géorgie est un artiste américain d'art contemporain. Il a travaillé avec la sculpture, la peinture et le dessin.
  • John Connell (Atlanta, Georgia 1940) è un artista americano d'arte contemporanea. Ha lavorato con la scultura, la pittura e il disegno. Connell frequento' la Brown University, in Providence, RI (1958-1960), la Art Student League, NY (1960-1961) e la New York University (1962) dove studio' l'arte della stampa Cinese. La sua prima esposizione ebbe luogo a New York nel 1962. Durante gli anni '70, '80 e '90, visse e lavoro' nel Sud-Est degli Stati Uniti, dove creo' grandi murales e dove era presente nelle maggiori gallerie d'arte del Nuovo Messico, faceva parte di "Nerve" un gruppo artisti di Santa Fe. In Nuovo Messico John Connell si acquisto fama per le sue grandi installazioni.
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  • John Connell (born 1940 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a contemporary American artist. His work includes sculpture, painting, drawing and writing. Connell attended Brown University, in Providence, RI (1958-1960), the Art Students League, NY (1960-1961) and New York University (1962) where he studied Chinese print making. His first show was in New York in 1962. In the mid-60s, he moved to California, where he worked as the set designer for the San Francisco Mime Troupe.
  • John Connell, né en 1940 à Atlanta en Géorgie est un artiste américain d'art contemporain. Il a travaillé avec la sculpture, la peinture et le dessin.
  • John Connell (Atlanta, Georgia 1940) è un artista americano d'arte contemporanea. Ha lavorato con la scultura, la pittura e il disegno. Connell frequento' la Brown University, in Providence, RI (1958-1960), la Art Student League, NY (1960-1961) e la New York University (1962) dove studio' l'arte della stampa Cinese. La sua prima esposizione ebbe luogo a New York nel 1962.
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