Don Suggs

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Don Suggs

Selected works by exhibition

Face-Off
L.A. Louver, 2020

Don Suggs /
Face-Off, 2017 /
oil and acrylic on canvas over panel /
37 1/2 x 43 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (95.3 x 109.9 x 4.1 cm)

Don Suggs /
Surrogates, 2017 /
oil and acrylic on Celtec PVC panel /
panel: 29 x 48 x 1/8 in. (73.7 x 121.9 x .3 cm) /
framed: 30 9/16 x 49 5/8 in. (77.6 x 126 cm)

Don Suggs /
Pinch, 2018 /
oil, acrylic and ink on canvas board /
panel: 6 x 8 x 1/4 in. (15.2 x 20.3 x .6 cm) /
framed: 9 x 10 3/4 x 1 in. (22.9 x 27.3 x 2.5 cm)

Paradise
L.A. Louver, 2016

Don Suggs / Germans, 2015 / archival inkjet print on Crane Museo Max paper / 44 x 30 in. (111.8 x 76.2 cm) / Edition of 5

Don Suggs / Sprite, 2014 / archival inkjet print on Museo Max paper / 32 x 44 in. (81.3 x 111.8 cm) / Framed Dimensions: 32 1/4 x 45 1/4 x 2 in. (81.9 x 114.9 x 5.1 cm) / Edition of 5

Don Suggs / Sphinx, 2014 / painted on canvas print / 25 x 28 in. (63.5 x 71.1 cm)

Don Suggs / Delft at Descanso, 2014 / painted on canvas print / 25 x 28 in. (63.5 x 71.1 cm)

Thermal Pool Paintings and Paradise Prints
L.A. Louver, 2012

Don Suggs /
Travertine Springs, 2012 /
oil on canvas /
59 3/4 x 59 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (151.8 x 151.8 x 8.9 cm) /
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Thermal pools /
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The Abyss Pools and Travertine Springs are inspired by the palette of dark pools and mineral springs, which Suggs imagines in oil of rich, glossy color applied in concentric circles against a white or grey background.

Don Suggs /
Abyss Pool 19, 2012 /
oil on Strathmore rag board /
framed: 14 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (37.5 x 26 x 3.8 cm) /
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Thermal pools /
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The Abyss Pools and Travertine Springs are inspired by the palette of dark pools and mineral springs, which Suggs imagines in oil of rich, glossy color applied in concentric circles against a white or grey background.

Don Suggs /
Abyss Pool, 2012 /
oil on canvas /
59 3/4 x 59 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (151.8 x 151.8 x 8.9 cm) /
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Thermal pools /
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The Abyss Pools and Travertine Springs are inspired by the palette of dark pools and mineral springs, which Suggs imagines in oil of rich, glossy color applied in concentric circles against a white or grey background.

Don Suggs /
Travertine Springs 4, 2012 /
grey autoprimer and oil on rag board /
frame: 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (37.5 x 27.3 cm) /
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Thermal pools /
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The Abyss Pools and Travertine Springs are inspired by the palette of dark pools and mineral springs, which Suggs imagines in oil of rich, glossy color applied in concentric circles against a white or grey background.

Don Suggs /
Pod, 2012 /
archival inkjet prints on Crane Museo Max paper /
framed: 45 1/8 x 29 1/2 in. (114.6 x 74.9 cm) /
Edition 1 of 5 /
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Paradise prints /
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Paradise Prints are archival inkjets inspired by landscape, and printed in small editions of five or fewer. Suggs photographs each landscape with the intended void in mind, the circular abstraction that overlays provides a key to understanding the obstructed view: either in fact (the palette of the landscape), or in symbol (a reference to something external to the landscape that resonates with the scene).

Don Suggs /
Wind, 2011 /
archival inkjet print on Crane Museo Max paper /
Framed: 45 x 30 1/4 in. (114.3 x 76.8 cm) /
Edition 1 of 3 /
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Paradise prints /
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Paradise Prints are archival inkjets inspired by landscape, and printed in small editions of five or fewer. Suggs photographs each landscape with the intended void in mind, the circular abstraction that overlays provides a key to understanding the obstructed view: either in fact (the palette of the landscape), or in symbol (a reference to something external to the landscape that resonates with the scene).

Art 43 Basel
The International Art Show, 2012

Don Suggs /
The Birth of Venus, 2012 /
oil on canvas /
45 in. dia. (114.3 cm) /
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Canoniris paintings /
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The Canoniris paintings focus on an 80 year time span from 1430 to 1510--roughly from the initiation of linear perspective to the end of the most spectacularly fecund decade of the Renaissance. Each Canoniris painting is based on a circular crop of the source painting--an area chosen for its psychological centrality, and at the center of which is an anchoring circular motif.

Don Suggs /
The Birth of Venus schematic

Don Suggs /
Earthly Delights Iris, 2011 /
oil on canvas /
45 in. dia. (114.3 cm) /
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Canoniris paintings /
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The Canoniris paintings focus on an 80 year time span from 1430 to 1510--roughly from the initiation of linear perspective to the end of the most spectacularly fecund decade of the Renaissance. Each Canoniris painting is based on a circular crop of the source painting--an area chosen for its psychological centrality, and at the center of which is an anchoring circular motif.

ARCOmadrid
29th international art fair, 2010

Don Suggs /
Cardinal/Inquisitor, 2009 /
oil on canvas /
Diameter: 60 in. (152.4 cm) /
Private collection

Don Suggs /
Toco Toucan #15, 2009 /
oil on gessoed panel /
16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm) /
Private collection

Don Suggs /
Toco Toucan #20, 2009 /
oil on gessoed panel /
16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm)

Group Show
L.A. Louver, 2009

Don Suggs /
Twenty Blackbirds, 2008
oil on twenty (20) panels
Each panel: 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (40 x 40 cm) Installed: 76 x 80 in. (193 x 203.2 cm)
Private collection

Don Suggs /
Acid-trope Feast Pole, 2008 /
plastic objects, metal armature /
approx. 144 x 16 x 28 in. (365.8 x 40.6 x 71.1 cm)

Concentric
L.A. Louver, 2007

Don Suggs /
Raft of the Medusa, 2007 /
oil on canvas /
Diameter: 108 in. (274.3 cm) /
Private collection

Don Suggs /
Watteau/Tiepolo, 2007 /
oil on panel /
Overall: 111 x 75 in. (281.9 x 190.5 cm) /
Private collection

Don Suggs /
Six Points: Capitol Reef /
(as installed: Sunset-Waterpocket Fold/Temples of Sun and Moon/Fremont River, Trees, Rocks/Cycladenia and Pictographs/Hooded Warbler and Claret Cup Cactus/Petroglyphs and Chukar), 2006 /
oil on panel /
Each panel: 16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm) /
Private collection

Installation photography, Don Suggs: Concentric /
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The Patrimony/Matrimony series interprets iconic works of art, by both men(Patrimony)
and women(Matrimony) artists, using a conceptual framework based on palette,
composition and psychological force. In conceiving each work, Suggs first determines
the

Hexane Photographs
L.A. Louver, 1997

Done Suggs /
Garden (Family 1), 1995 /
compound photograph /
36 x 63 in./40 1/8 x 67 1/4 in. (91.4 x 160 cm./101.9 x 170.8 cm)(fr)

Done Suggs /
Light Girl (Beuys' Ghost), 1996 - 97 /
compound photograph /
39 x 134 in./42 1/2 x 36 3/4 in. (99 x 340.3 cm. / 107.9 x 93.3 cm) (fr)

Done Suggs /
Scale, 1996 /
compound photograph /
51 x 31 1/2 in./54 x 34 1/4 in. (129.5 x 80 cm./137.2 x 87 cm) (fr)

Photoworks - Old Genres
L.A. Louver, 1993

Done Suggs /
The Gaze (Pork, Prudery, Protection), 1992 /
gelatin silverprint with bust and gas mask /
18 1/2 x 44 in. [47 x 111.7 cm]

Installation photography /
Photoworks - Old Genres

Paintings
L.A. Louver, 1989

Done Suggs /
Proprietary View: Portage Glacier, 1987 /
oil on wood panel /
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.9 cm)

Done Suggs /
Disappearances: Einstein (51st Step), 1986-89 /
oil & alkyd on panel /
12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Don Suggs /
Garden of the Asylum, 1988 /
oil & alkyd on canvas /
34 3/8 x 42 in. (87.9 x 106.7 cm) /
Private collection

Installation photography /
Don Suggs: Paintings

Paintings from 1982 - 84
L.A. Louver, 1985

Don Suggs /
Pathfinder’s Problem, 1984 - 85 /
oil on canvas /
82 x 66 in. (208.3 x 167.6 cm)

Don Suggs /
Innessfree, 1982 - 83 /
oil on canvas /
120 x 80 in. (304.8 x 203.2 cm) /
Private collection

Don Suggs /
Adamsite, 1983 /
oil on canvas /
100 x 73 in. (254 x 185.4 cm)

Don Suggs /
J.T. and R.D., 1984 /
oil on canvas /
92 x 60 in. (233.7 x 152.4 cm)

Paintings from 1979 - 1981
L.A. Louver, 1982

Don Suggs /
Agave, 1981 /
acrylic on board, four panels /
80 x 118 1/2 in. (203.2 x 300.99 cm) /
Private collection

Don Suggs /
Sculptor's Game, 1981 /
acrylic on canvas /
72 x 70 in. (182.88 x 177.8 cm) /
Private collection

Paintings and Drawings
L.A. Louver, 1977

Don Suggs /
Overcoming, 1976 /
oil on canvas /
108 x 30 in (274.3 x 76.2 cm)

Don Suggs /
G, 1976 /
oil on canvas /
108 x 18 in (274.3 x 45.7 cm)

Vida Hackman, Don Suggs: Paintings, Prints, Drawings
L.A. Louver, 1976

Vida Hackman and Don Suggs announcement, 1976

Bio

1945 Born, Fort Worth, TX
2019 Died, Los Angeles, CA (obituary)

Education:
1962 - 67 BA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1967 - 72 MA and MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

biography

Photo: Linda Stark

Selected L.A. Louver exhibitions

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Don Suggs
Out of Body

11 Nov 2021 - 8 Jan 2022

Gallery exhibition

Don Suggs
Face-Off

11 Mar - 19 Jun 2020

Gallery exhibition

Don Suggs
Paradise

25 May - 1 Jul 2016

Gallery exhibition

Don Suggs
Thermal Pool Paintings and Paradise Prints

24 May - 30 Jun 2012

Gallery exhibition

Selected museum exhibitions

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Psychedelic

San Antonio Art Museum
San Antonio, TX
13 Mar - 1 Aug 2010

Museum exhibition

Don Suggs
One Man Group Show

Ben Maltz Gallery
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA
14 Apr - 23 Jun 2007

Museum exhibition

The Poetics of Travel

Tom Bradley Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles, CA
23 Feb - 1 Jun 2005

Museum exhibition

Don Suggs
Clearing

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles, CA
17 Jun - 25 Jul 1989

Museum exhibition

Viewing rooms

Don Suggs: Tondos

Online viewing room

Video

Selected articles

Linn, Sarah. "Arguing the Landscape: Artist Don Suggs Interprets the American West."
KCET Artbound. 9 December 2016.
kcet.org | full article, PDF

Pagel, David. "Art Review: It's always an adventure."
Los Angeles Times. 2007.
full article, PDF

Mallinson, Constance. "Don Suggs at L.A. Louver"
Art in America. December 2007.
full article, PDF

Myers, Holly. "Disruptive Influences."
LA Weekly. 24 April 2007.
laweekly.com | full article, PDF

Harvey, Doug. "Myth Breaker"
Modern Painters. Summer 2004.
full article, PDF

Knight, Christopher. "Paintings to bear in mind"
Los Angeles Herland Examiner. 6 October 1989.
full article, PDF