IT’S ART
The Catalog
2012
Ralph LeCompte The Gallery
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Welcome to the gallery. All of the featured art is available from the artist Ralph LeCompte at fineartamerica.com as well as ralph-lecompte.artistswebsites.com. All the featured art is the copyright of the artist.
We live in a cultural wasteland. We have forgotten the joy of creation. We have become drones. We buy art at Target because it matches the couch and has the same tones as the wallpaper. We have forgotten what art is. We must try to remember that art is...
Salome
The Blue Ribbon
Gypsy Dance
Her
Her (Detail)
Red Untitled
St. Joan
Maybe Rain
Blue Folded Marilyn
There is something beautiful even in the most unsettling of images and paradigms. There are other life narratives. We are all someone else too. We just let others live that narrative for us because we are hesitant to leave the self-made prisons we have constructed so carefully. The other life narrative is somewhat autobiographical. I’ve seen everything I paint. I sense the beauty in the margins.
Knifethrower’s Girl
Cannonball Queen
Not The Real Tooth Fairy
With Sour Cream, Chives and Elizabeth Taylor
Perfection Achieved
That’s Right Officer
Yardwork History
Snake Girl
Roller Derby Queen
Utopia
Danger Lurks
Come Hither
The game has history. The game has names long forgotten and names glorified. The past game has a quiet about it; almost a haunting. They played the game. They lived the game. They are gone.
Who was the best? Who was the worst? Who was the fellow sitting deep in the bleachers? They had their moment; that frozen moment in space and time. They were there. We are here. We become those who were there before we are gone. Live in the game. Savor the moment.
The Big Cat
Herman Long
Catcher (Josh Gibson)
Baseball Legend
John McGraw
Fisk
St. Sebastion, Patron of Athletes
Old School Tough
James “Cool Papa” Bell
I am gratified that you took the time to consider my world view by observing the images in this body of work. Prints and some originals of this work are available at fineartamerica.com
Feel free to inquire about any of these works of art by contacting me personally. ralphlecompte@gmail.com All works are copyrighted by Ralph LeCompte, 2012.
Ralph LeCompte The Gallery