Signature Pieces
The “signature piece” series is an attempt to satirize some of the leading lights of modern and contemporary art. I have divided the works into photorealist signature pieces, signature pieces and studies. The photorealist pieces copy the study signatures and fill in the outlines with various materials or images. The signature pieces are executed “freehand” and are not copied from the studies.
The artists I have chosen to parody include: Andrew Goldsworthy, Gerhard Richter, Maurizio Cattelan, Cy Twombly, Marcel Duchamp, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhart, Kazimir Malevich, Jenny Holzer, Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock.
A few of the pieces are not completely parodic. Photorealist Signature Pieces #5 & #6 have been described in the Conceptual Realism section. Signature Piece # 5 includes many of my favorite quotes.
If you should choose to collect one of these works you only have to pay for the signature.