Michael Mikos
Dodge 880 Convertible Original Advertisement Art - Mid Century Automobilia
Mixed Media on Illustration Board
9 1/2 × 22 1/4 in | 24.1 × 56.5 cm
$ 20,000.00
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Automobile advertising art, as a category, is overlooked and undervalued, yet punches above its weight. It has a multifaceted appeal. For automobile enthusiasts, it's a time tunnel back to a...
Automobile advertising art, as a category, is overlooked and
undervalued, yet punches above its weight. It has a multifaceted appeal.
For automobile enthusiasts, it's a time tunnel back to a simpler time,
with fond memories of youthful innocence and a comparison to today's and
yesterday's technology. For Fine Art lovers, it's an opportunity to
discover a new genre of art that has been overshadowed by a narrow
selection of art assigned by museum curators and critics to the fine art
canon. During the late 1950's and early 1960's, the fine art world was
obsessed with geometric hard-edge abstraction and a newly emerging field
of Pop Art. Yet somehow they left out commercial art. Why did they
overlook it? Perhaps that commercial artists were technically and
compositionally superior to so-called fine artists. Or perhaps, how can
you put something art in a museum when it is simultaneously on a
billboard or in a magazine? We will let the scholars figure it out if
they ever have the interest. The present work, "Dodge 880 Convertible,"
is a dual effort by Michael Mikos (American, b. 1932) & Larry Cory
(American, 20th Century). One painted the car, and the other painted the
figures and background. The fact that two artists collaborated on a
single work is, in itself, a highly creative and conceptual idea and
rivals some of the ideas of the emerging Conceptual Art movement of the
time. Visually, Dodge 880 Convertible is a beautiful thing to look at
and is masterfully rendered and composed. The sleek, almost mechanical
rendering of the car is in counterpoint to the loose and fluid
post-impressionist style of the figures. Unsigned. Matted but not
framed. Art Studio label on verso. Matt size 15.5 x 28.25
undervalued, yet punches above its weight. It has a multifaceted appeal.
For automobile enthusiasts, it's a time tunnel back to a simpler time,
with fond memories of youthful innocence and a comparison to today's and
yesterday's technology. For Fine Art lovers, it's an opportunity to
discover a new genre of art that has been overshadowed by a narrow
selection of art assigned by museum curators and critics to the fine art
canon. During the late 1950's and early 1960's, the fine art world was
obsessed with geometric hard-edge abstraction and a newly emerging field
of Pop Art. Yet somehow they left out commercial art. Why did they
overlook it? Perhaps that commercial artists were technically and
compositionally superior to so-called fine artists. Or perhaps, how can
you put something art in a museum when it is simultaneously on a
billboard or in a magazine? We will let the scholars figure it out if
they ever have the interest. The present work, "Dodge 880 Convertible,"
is a dual effort by Michael Mikos (American, b. 1932) & Larry Cory
(American, 20th Century). One painted the car, and the other painted the
figures and background. The fact that two artists collaborated on a
single work is, in itself, a highly creative and conceptual idea and
rivals some of the ideas of the emerging Conceptual Art movement of the
time. Visually, Dodge 880 Convertible is a beautiful thing to look at
and is masterfully rendered and composed. The sleek, almost mechanical
rendering of the car is in counterpoint to the loose and fluid
post-impressionist style of the figures. Unsigned. Matted but not
framed. Art Studio label on verso. Matt size 15.5 x 28.25