Passages, Shopping Center (1981)
Screenprint painting by Richard Estes
Above is a moody print by American photorealism painter, Richard Estes. The shopping center scene captured here is a part of his Urban Landscapes III series.
When I first saw this I thought it was a real photograph! And the original is even more impresssive than this small, highly compressed jpeg file which doesn't really do it proper justice. I really love this piece.
This is actually Lakewood Center, in Lakewood California, cira 1970's, before the mall was turned into an indoor shopping center. I used to hang out here before hanging out was popular. Estes is my favorite photorealist along with Close and Bell. All inspirations for my work.
ReplyDeleteWow! That's a painting (or print or whatever)?? Amazing. And beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteRecently, I was lucky enough to see some of his works at the Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, Spain. If you think his paintings look good online, wait until you see them in person.
ReplyDeleteWow, how great it looked as an outdoor mall.
ReplyDeleteIn the late 70's Estes had a great exhibit at the Smithsonian- "The Urban Landscape" There is a companion book of the paintings in the exhibit- great work! It's really exciting to see the Estes treatment to a place very familiar to me!
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