ART & DESIGN

Thomas Nozkowski

by W Magazine

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Styled: Kate Mossman

“I believe that what I’m doing is actually very close to our normal way of looking at and thinking about the world,” says Nozkowski of his painting process. For decades Thomas Nozkowski has held the cultish status of artist’s artist. Now, At 63, his masterly abstract paintings are attracting big-time attention.

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Thomas Nozkowski outside his studio in High Falls, New York

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Untitled (Y-66), 2006, oil on paper, 22″ x 30″

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Tubes of paint in Nozkowski’s studio

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Untitled (U-15), 1994, ink, gouache and pencil on paper, 11″ x 14″

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Untitled (Q-82), 2006, oil on paper, 22″ x 30″

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Untitled (3-19), 1979, oil on canvas board, 16″ x 20″

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Works on display in the studio. On the table are empty cat food cans Nozkowski uses for paint.

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Untitled (7-140), 2000, oil on linen on panel, 16″ x 20″