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Joel Handorff Paintings

b. 1944

Joel Handorff is a New York-based artist who has exhibited widely and is included in many collections, including the Weisman Art Museum. In the 1980s, he participated in the East Village art scene as an artist, curator and gallerist, running Dramatis Personae. Handorff has exhibited at the Terry Dintenfass Gallery, Harm Bouckaert Gallery and MoMA PS1. His work has been reviewed by Vivien Raynor of the New York Times and Theodore Wolff of the Christian Science Monitor. In 2012, Handorff received a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. His work was exhibited at the Leslie-Lohman Museum’s seminal Interface show, which was curated by Walter Cessna, as well as the Jonathan Weinberg-curated Painting to Survive show at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition.

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Artist: Joel Handorff
Painting of bouquet of flowers on fabric: Blue Ocean
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
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2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Acrylic

Painting of bouquet of flowers on fabric: Rags II
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Textile, Cotton, Acrylic

Large Painting of bouquet of flowers on silk: Egyptian Blue
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Abstract Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Silk, Synthetic, Acrylic

Painting of bouquet of flowers on linen: Romanticism
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
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2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

Painting of bouquet of flowers on fabric rice paper: Oriental Blue
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Silk, Synthetic, Acrylic, Rice Paper

Large Painting on raw canvas of Bouquet of Flowers: America Blue
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Acrylic textile large painting: American Pie
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Cotton, Acrylic

Painting of flowers on rice paper: Venetian Dream
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Rice Paper

Painting of flowers on fabric with sewn flower overlay on tulle: Blue Mist
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Acrylic

Painting of bouquet of flowers on Canvas: Spring
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Acrylic

Sewn, painted mixed media painting: Transparent Overlay
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Textile, Cotton, Thread, Acrylic

Painting of flowers on canvas: Green Backyard
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Painting of bouquet of flowers on fabric and rice paper: Dream Bouquet II
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Rice Paper

Painting of bouquet of flowers on fabric and rice paper: Blue Table
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Acrylic, Rice Paper

Painting of bouquet of flowers on rice paper: Chinese Red
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Rice Paper

Large textile painting of bouquet of flowers: Graffiti Mystery
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Textile, Cotton, Muslin

Painting of bouquet of flowers on layers of rice paper: Yellow Backyard
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Rice Paper

Painting of bouquet of flowers on layers of rice paper: Bouquet
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Rice Paper

Textile Painting of flowers: Rags I
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers becomes the subject—they bring to mind all of the flowers I have ever seen and all the ones I have seen in great works of art. They are a reflection, a kind of magic mirror, defying traditional paintings of flowers...
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2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Textile, Cotton, Acrylic

Painting of Bouquet of flowers on canvas : Red Pom Poms
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Textile sewn on tulle painting: Little Ghost
By Joel Handorff
Located in New York, NY
‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...
Category

2010s Contemporary Joel Handorff Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Thread, Acrylic

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Joel Handorff paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Joel Handorff paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, pink and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Joel Handorff in acrylic paint, paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Joel Handorff paintings, so small editions measuring 10 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Allison Gildersleeve, Elliot Gordon, and Madhu Basu. Joel Handorff paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,100 and tops out at $18,000, while the average work can sell for $3,750.

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