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    Jack Ogden

    Presented by Art Guild of Pacifica at Pacifica Center for the Arts

    May 27-June 26, 2011

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    Described as a “painter's painter,” Jack Ogden has been creating compelling works for over fifty years. His subject matter ranges from still-life arrangements and studio scenes to portraits and figures. His work is informed by numerous sources, including Greek mythology, current events, other artists’ works, and his own personal narrative, including his naval experience. Recurring themes in his work, such as the artist and...

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    Described as a “painter's painter,” Jack Ogden has been creating compelling works for over fifty years. His subject matter ranges from still-life arrangements and studio scenes to portraits and figures. His work is informed by numerous sources, including Greek mythology, current events, other artists’ works, and his own personal narrative, including his naval experience. Recurring themes in his work, such as the artist and his muse, or the artist as navigator in the artistic journey, add depth to his imagery.

    Ogden’s most recent paintings, oils on wood and canvas, have a looseness and flow that is quite appealing, even when the figures themselves may not always be characters you’d want to meet in a dark alley. Rough-hewn figures that evoke mid-twentieth century archetypes populate these paintings—a group of working-class laborers peer at the viewer; a zoot suit–wearing man who might be a gangster (or a movie star) smokes a cigarette. Sailors and cowboys, bankers and gangsters, these are the characters Ogden paints. At last, the male gaze turns with good humor to the images and stereotypes of masculinity in our culture, and the results are both refreshing and charming.


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    Pacifica Center for the Arts

    1220 Linda Mar Boulevard
    Pacifica, CA 94044

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    Fri-Sun: 1pm-5pm


    Phone: 650-355-1894

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