Charles Arnoldi: Paper
One of the most protean figures in the contemporary Los Angeles art world, Charles Arnoldi is a painter, sculptor, and printmaker acclaimed for brightly colored compositions that straddle the margins of sculpture and painting; abstraction and representation.
— LA Modern
Charles Arnoldi has been making art for over 50 years, first achieving major acclaim in the 1970s. A decade later he had established himself as one of the most prominent painters working in southern California. This book is a follow-up and companion to the 2011 sold-out monograph, Charles Arnoldi (Radius Books), which focused primarily on paintings and sculpture.
Essayist Bruce Guenther notes, “Arnoldi has moved fluidly from drawing to sculpture, printmaking to painting, through a practice of continuous experimentation which has audaciously challenged the limits of media and the expectations of the viewer. Drawing has been at the core of Arnoldi’s work since the late 1960s.”
One of the most protean figures in the contemporary Los Angeles art world, Charles Arnoldi is a painter, sculptor, and printmaker acclaimed for brightly colored compositions that straddle the margins of sculpture and painting; abstraction and representation.
— LA Modern
Charles Arnoldi has been making art for over 50 years, first achieving major acclaim in the 1970s. A decade later he had established himself as one of the most prominent painters working in southern California. This book is a follow-up and companion to the 2011 sold-out monograph, Charles Arnoldi (Radius Books), which focused primarily on paintings and sculpture.
Essayist Bruce Guenther notes, “Arnoldi has moved fluidly from drawing to sculpture, printmaking to painting, through a practice of continuous experimentation which has audaciously challenged the limits of media and the expectations of the viewer. Drawing has been at the core of Arnoldi’s work since the late 1960s.”
One of the most protean figures in the contemporary Los Angeles art world, Charles Arnoldi is a painter, sculptor, and printmaker acclaimed for brightly colored compositions that straddle the margins of sculpture and painting; abstraction and representation.
— LA Modern
Charles Arnoldi has been making art for over 50 years, first achieving major acclaim in the 1970s. A decade later he had established himself as one of the most prominent painters working in southern California. This book is a follow-up and companion to the 2011 sold-out monograph, Charles Arnoldi (Radius Books), which focused primarily on paintings and sculpture.
Essayist Bruce Guenther notes, “Arnoldi has moved fluidly from drawing to sculpture, printmaking to painting, through a practice of continuous experimentation which has audaciously challenged the limits of media and the expectations of the viewer. Drawing has been at the core of Arnoldi’s work since the late 1960s.”
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Artwork by Charles Arnoldi
Text by Bruce GuentherHardcover
10.5 X 13.5 inches
252 pages / 150 images
ISBN: 9781934435991 -
Charles Arnoldi (b. 1946) is a prominent American abstract artist renowned for his dynamic and colorful compositions that seamlessly blend painting, sculpture, and printmaking.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Arnoldi moved to California at the age of 18, where he briefly attended art schools before choosing to forge his own creative path. His work often incorporates natural materials like branches and plywood, creating intricate assemblages that evoke both architectural forms and elements of the natural world. Arnoldi's bold, geometric abstractions, characterized by hard-edged shapes and fluid, lyrical lines, have established him as a significant figure in the contemporary art scene since the 1970s.
Throughout his career, Arnoldi has consistently pushed the boundaries of media and form, experimenting with diverse techniques and materials. His works range from early stick constructions to vibrant, large-scale paintings that explore the interplay of color, shape, and space. Arnoldi's art is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum, Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Smithsonian, and the Guggenheim in Bilbao, amongst others. His ability to merge the physicality of sculpture with the flatness of painting has earned him a reputation as a master of "post-minimal" abstraction, creating pieces that are both visually striking and intellectually engaging.