Art History TDH Final Presentation
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Transcript of Art History TDH Final Presentation
Trenton Doyle
HancockJulieJosephAaron
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Background●Born 1974 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma●Raised in Paris, Texas●BFA Texas A&M University Commerce●MFA Tyler School of Art @ Temple University, Philadelphia●Religious family roots
Art●Dream of being a comic book artist●All of his pieces work together like a story●Prints, drawings, collaged-felt paintings story of “Mounds”●Formal properties as characters●Brings his family into the characters in his art–Bases the characters on the members of his family–He is his character Torpedo Boy
Esther
Torpedo Boy and Heiren Hazo
A Portrait of the Artist Under Night Vegan Arm
4 Hours Trapped in This Wretched Contraption
Vegans Do Their Dirtiest Work
Art●Biblical stories●Balance moral dilemmas with wit and musical sense of language and color to make psychological dimensions●Influenced by history of painting, Abstract Expressionism
Work and Exhibition●2000 and 2002 Whitney Biennial
–One of the youngest to participate●Contemporary Art Museum, Houston●Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth●Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami●Lives and Works in Houston, Texas●2002 Core Artist in Residence at the Glasswell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston