MASON CITY – The Charles H. MacNider Art Museum is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new artwork by artist Jim Dine. The piece was purchased in memory of Kelly Paulson using funds given by her family in honor of the Museum’s 50th anniversary.
The new Jim Dine artwork, titled Untitled (Six Hearts), was created in 1970. It is a lithograph printed in colors, on Hodgkinson handmade paper, with collage. It is currently being reframed and should be on display the first part of 2019.
Jim Dine is an American artist and poet known for his contributions to the formation of both Performance Art and Pop Art.* Employing motifs which include Pinocchio, heart shapes, bathrobes, and tools, Dine produces colorful paintings, photographs, prints, and sculptures. “I grew up with tools. I came from a family of people who sold tools, and I’ve always been enchanted by these objects made by anonymous hands,” Dine has said. Born on June 16, 1935 in Cincinnati, OH, he studied poetry at the University of Cincinnati before attending the University of Ohio where he received his BFA in 1957. After moving to New York in 1958, Dine became part of a milieu of artists which included Allan Kaprow and Claes Oldenburg, with whom he began to stage performances at sites in the city, these later became known as “Happenings.”
By the early 1960s, Dine had switched his focus towards painting, drawing on his interest in popular imagery and commercial objects. Though he was shown alongside Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, Dine never considered himself a member of the Pop Art movement. The artist currently lives and works between New York, NY and Walla Walla, WA. His works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others. *Information gathered from artnet.com
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