Painting
How much time is left? by Daniel Sharp
- Item Number
- 126
- Estimated Value
- 1400 CAD
- Opening Bid
- 700 CAD
Item Description
How much time is left?, 2020, oil on canvas, dimensions (without frame): 14 " x 11 " / huile sur toile, 14 x 11 po (sans cadre)
The painting title, How much time is left?, is an existential question. You might say that we live to play, then time is up. The paintings I make with figures seem to be meditations on the end of life. All paintings are abstract.
« How much time is left? », le titre du tableau, est une question existentielle. On pourrait dire que nous vivons pour jouer, puis que le temps est écoulé. Les peintures que je réalise avec des personnages semblent être des méditations sur la fin de la vie. Toutes les peintures sont abstraites.
Item Special Note
Daniel Sharp studied painting and design at York University in Toronto, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in 1979. He later undertook graduate studies in art and cultural theory at Carleton University in Ottawa (1985-89). From 1991 until 2017 he worked as a program officer, then manager and curator with the Canadian government's art collection for embassies and diplomatic missions abroad.
Daniel Sharp a étudié la peinture et le design à l'université York de Toronto, où, en 1979, il obtient un baccalauréat en beaux-arts. Il entreprend ensuite des études supérieures en art et en théorie culturelle à l'université Carleton d'Ottawa (1985-1989). De 1991 à 2017, il a travaillé comme agent de programme, puis gestionnaire et conservateur de la collection d'art du gouvernement canadien pour les ambassades et les missions diplomatiques à l'étranger.
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