Donald Sultan
Donald Sultan
Donald Sultan
Sultan, an internationally recognized artist who rose to prominence in the late 1970s as part of the “New Image” movement, is known for elevating the still-life tradition through the deconstruction of his subjects into basic forms and the use of industrial materials. His paintings characteristically employ enamel, roofing tar, aluminum, linoleum, and spackle, pushing the boundaries of the medium through techniques of gouging, sanding, and buffing to create flatness, depth, and texture. The works are made of the same materials as the building in which the viewer stands; the architecture participates in the paintings. Weighty and structured, Sultan’s paintings are simultaneously abstract and representational: while his imagery is immediately recognizable – flowers, daily objects, insignia, idle factories – the dominating, abstract forms contradict its common association with fragility.
Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Sultan studied at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and later received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. His first solo exhibition was mounted in 1977 at Artists Space in New York, and his work has since been exhibited worldwide in solo and group exhibitions, including at: the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Gotlands Konst Museum, Sweden; Institute of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Musée d’art Contemporain, Montreal; National Galerie, Berlin; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. His work is included in internationally renowned public and private collections, among them The Art Institute of Chicago; British Museum; Cincinnati Art Museum; Cleveland Art Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Detroit Institute of Arts; Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Ludwig Museum, Budapest; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Neuberger Museum at SUNY-Purchase, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Singapore Museum of Art; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Gallery, London; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Available Artwork
2024
Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper
42 x 57 in.
2024
Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper
42 x 57 in.
2024
Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper
42 x 57 in.
2024
Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper
42 x 57 in.
Aqua Poppies 2021
2021
Shaped aluminum with aqua powder coat on polished aluminum base
24.5 x 24 x 3.5 inches (62 x 61 x 9 cm)
Edition: 25
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Mimosa With Green, Nov 2, 2022
2022
Archival pigment ink print on 315 gsm fine art paper
40 x 57.5 inches (102 x 146 cm)
Edition: 100
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Beetle, July 9, 2020
2020
Waterjet cut from 3/8-inch black glass, sandblasted, and kiln formed.
12 x 8 x 3/8 inches (30 x 20 x 1 cm)
Edition: 10
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2022
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, 2-ply museum board
30 x 30 in.
Edition of 50
2022
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, 2-ply museum board
30 x 30 in.
Edition of 50
2022
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, 2-ply museum board
30 x 30 in.
Edition of 50
2022
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, 2-ply museum board
30 x 30 in.
Edition of 50
2022
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, 2-ply museum board
30 x 30 in.
Edition of 50
2022
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and tar-like texture on Rising 2-ply museum board
30 x 30 in.
Edition of 50
2022
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, 2-ply museum board
30 x 30 in.
Edition of 50
2022
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, 2-ply museum board
30 x 30 in.
Edition of 50
2022
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, 2-ply museum board
30 x 30 in.
Edition of 50
2022
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and tar-like texture on Rising, 2-ply museum board
30 x 30 in.
Edition of 50
Year: 2021
Medium: Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on Rising 4-ply museum board
Size: 42 x 42 inches (107 x 107 cm)
Edition: 40
2020
Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on Rising 2-ply Museum Board
25 x 25 inches
Edition of 50
Year: 2021
Medium: Silkscreen with overprinted flocking on 4-ply Rising Museum Board
Size: 36 x 72 inches (91 x 183 cm)
Edition: 40
Donald Sultan
2020
Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on Rising 2-ply Museum Board
25 x 25 inches
Edition of 50
2020
Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on Rising 2-ply Museum Board
25 x 25 inches
Edition of 50
2020
Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, tar-like texture on Rising 4-ply Museum Board
44 x 84 in.
Edition of 35
Signed and numbered on left border
2020
Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, tar-like texture on Rising 4-ply Museum Board
44 x 84 in.Edition of 35
Signed and numbered on left border
2020
Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, tar-like texture on Rising 4-ply Museum Board
44 x 84 in.
Edition of 35
Signed and numbered on left border
Year: 2018
Medium: Color silkscreen with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board
Size: 39 x 39 inches (99 x 99 cm)
Edition: 40
Available Framed or Unframed
Year: 2018
Medium: Color silkscreen with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board
Size: 39 x 39 inches (99 x 99 cm)
Edition: 40
Year: 2018
Medium: Color silkscreen with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board
Size: 39 x 39 inches (99 x 99 cm)
Edition: 40
Available Framed or Unframed
2018
Shaped Aluminum with black powder coat on polished aluminum base
28 x 21.5 x 4 in.
Edition of 25
Year: 2018
Medium: Color silkscreen with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board
Size: 39 x 39 inches (99 x 99 cm)
Edition: 40
Available Framed or Unframed
2017
Shaped Aluminum with Black Powder Coat
54 x 31 in.
Edition of 16
Year: 2017
Medium: Color silkscreen with over-printed flocking on Rising, 2-ply museum board
Size: 32 x 32 inches (81 x 81 cm)
Edition: 50
Year: 2017
Medium: Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 4-ply museum board
Size: 32 x 32 inches (81 X 81 cm)
Edition: 50
Year: 2017
Medium: Color silkscreen with over-printed flocking on Rising, 2-ply museum board
Size: 32 x 32 inches (81 x 81 cm)
Edition: 50
Available Framed or Unframed
Year: 2017
Medium: Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 4-ply museum board
Size: 32 x 32 inches (81 X 81 cm)
Edition: 50
Year: 2017
Medium: Color silkscreen with over-printed flocking on Rising, 2-ply museum board
Size: 32 x 32 inches (81 x 81 cm)
Edition: 50
Year: 2017
Medium: Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 4-ply museum board
Size: 32 x 32 inches (81 X 81 cm)
Edition: 50
Year: 2017
Medium: Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 2-ply museum board
Size: 24 x 24 inches
Edition: 30
Available Framed or Unframed
Year: 2017
Medium: Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 2-ply museum board
Size: 24 x 24 inches
Edition: 30
Available Framed or Unframed
Year: 2017
Medium: Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 2-ply museum board
Size: 24 x 24 inches
Edition: 30
Available Framed or Unframed
October 4, 2017
Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking
58 x 58 in.
Edition of 30
Signed by artist
2017
Shaped Aluminum with yellow powder coat on polished aluminum base
24.5 x 24 x 3.5 in.
Edition of 25
Year: 2017
Medium: Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 2-ply museum board
Size: 24 x 24 inches
Edition: 30
Available Framed or Unframed
Oct 4, 2017
Silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking
58 x 58 in.
Edition of 30
2017
Color silkscreen with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board
32 x 32 in.
Edition of 50
2017
Color silkscreen with enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board
32 x 32 in.
Edition of 50
2016
Archival pigment inks on Crane Museo Max 365 gsm paper
22 x 22 in.
Edition of 80
Available framed or unframed
2015
3/4 inch thick painted aluminum
72 x 72 in.
Edition of 6
Signed on base
April 4, 2014
Painted Aluminum on Polished Aluminum Base
24 x 20 x 3.5 in.
Edition of 25
February 18, 2012
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and tar-like texture
40 x 76 in.
Signed by the artist
2012
Color silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking
40 x 76 in.
Edition of 10
Signed by artist
Year: 2005
Medium: Color silkscreen with tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board
Size: 38 x 38 inches (97 x 97 cm)
Edition: 75
Available Framed or Unframed
Year: 2005
Medium: Color silkscreen with tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board
Size: 38 x 38 inches (97 x 97 cm)
Edition: 75
Available Framed or Unframed