DONALD SULTAN (b. 1951) emerged in the 1970s as part of the New Image movement. Known internationally, he elevates the still-life tradition through the deconstruction of subjects into basic forms and the use of industrial materials. Weighty and structured, Sultan’s paintings are simultaneously abstract and representational; his imagery is immediately recognizable but resists empiricism through stark forms edging toward abstraction. His work has been exhibited worldwide in solo and group exhibitions at Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; LACMA, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and many others. His work is included in public and private collections among them Art Institute of Chicago; British Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. McClain Gallery presented a solo exhibition of Sultan's work in the spring of 2024.
