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Cecil Touchon
texas, usa

Cecil Touchon texas, usa

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    Cecil Touchon was born in Austin, Texas. His artistic inspiration was ignited early and explored throughout his childhood and into his young adulthood. He received his BFA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Throughout his career, which spans over 30 years, Touchon has been collected worldwide and figures prominently in the Massurrealism movement. Touchon is a founding member of the 1987 Post-Dogmatist Group as well as a respected member of the Art Mail and Fluxus communities. Touchon's work was exhibited in the 2001 and 2009 Venice Biennale and can be found in more than 45 corporate and international museum collections including the MOMA, Studio One, LACMA, The Getty Research Institute, the Chicago Art Institute, the MOCA Chicago, The Tate Modern, and others.
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    Cecil Touchon

    PDP 1196
    collage on canvas
    10 x 10 inches
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    • Cecil Touchon: Songs of the Ineffable
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      Cecil Touchon: Songs of the Ineffable

      Nüart Gallery presents, “Songs of the Ineffable,' a solo exhibition of new works by Cecil Touchon. The exhibition will run July 9th through July 25th, 2021 with an opening reception...
    • Cecil Touchon: Live Q+A
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      Cecil Touchon: Live Q+A

      Nüart Gallery presents, “Songs of the Ineffable,' a solo exhibition of new works by Cecil Touchon. The exhibition will run July 9th through July 25th, 2021 with an opening reception...
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    "My collage art depends a great deal on serendipitous discovery. This allows a certain amount of chance and randomness to find its way into my work which in turn makes possible an interactive dynamic." — Cecil Touchon

     


     

    Cecil Touchon is a painter, performance artist, collector, draftsman, photographer, and curator.  But it is through his collage work that he has made his most lasting mark. His collages are the seeds that grow into his other practices.

     

    Touchon's paintings are abstractions based upon typography.  Using the techniques of collage, he reassembles portions of letter fonts from billboards and printed material into pure abstractions that transform verbal language into a form of visual architecture.  

     

    His paintings use trompe l'oeil techniques to painstakingly create the illusion of large collage abstractions. They are characterized by warmly colored geometric shapes — overlapping rectangles and rounded wedges - that seem to revolve and recede into the background. The resulting works are a play of lightness and mass that are both visually striking and, because of the hints of letters, intellectually satisfying.  

     

    Cecil Touchon was born in Austin, Texas. His artistic inspiration was ignited early and explored throughout his childhood and into his young adulthood. He received his BFA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Throughout his career, which spans over 30 years, Touchon has been collected worldwide and figures prominently in the Massurrealism movement. Touchon is a founding member of the 1987 Post-Dogmatist Group as well as a respected member of the Art Mail and Fluxus communities. Touchon's work was exhibited in the 2001 and 2009 Venice Biennale and can be found in more than 45 corporate and international museum collections including the MOMA, Studio One, LACMA, The Getty Research Institute, the Chicago Art Institute, the MOCA Chicago, The Tate Modern, and others. 

     

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  • Exhibitions
    • Nüart LA Selections 2025

      Nüart LA Selections 2025

      22 Feb - 22 Mar 2025
      Nuart LA Selections 2025: A Study in Abstraction and Figuration Exhibition Dates: February 22 – March 22, 2025 Location: Nuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Opening Reception: Saturday, February 22, from...
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    • R-E-D | 2025

      R-E-D | 2025

      A Group Exhibition 14 Feb - 2 Mar 2025
      Nüart Gallery is thrilled to announce "R-E-D," our annual Valentine's Day exhibition featuring a curated collection of work celebrating the color red and its proximity to love and passion. .

      In art, music, and literature, love has always been one of the major engines of human creativity. In celebration of love, romance, and the mysterious longings of the heart, "R-E-D" features a diverse collection of artworks filled with romance for our annual Valentine's Day exhibition. Each work offers a distinct perspective on the color red and its unmistakable relationship with human desire and life itself.
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    • Santa Fe | Winter Selections

      Santa Fe | Winter Selections

      24 Jan - 9 Feb 2025
      (SANTA FE, NM) Nüart Gallery is pleased to announce Winter Selections , an annual exhibition that invites viewers to experience the tranquil beauty of winter through the lens of contemporary...
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    • Grand Opening | Nüart Gallery | Santa Monica | "In Principio"

      Grand Opening | Nüart Gallery | Santa Monica | "In Principio"

      2 - 30 Mar 2024
      Nüart Gallery proudly announces its inaugural exhibition at their newest outpost located at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica with a group show of select paintings. The exhibition will run from...
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    • R-E-D | 2024

      R-E-D | 2024

      A Group Exhibition 9 - 25 Feb 2024
      Nüart Gallery is thrilled to announce "R-E-D," our annual Valentine's Day exhibition featuring a curated collection of work celebrating the color red and its proximity to love and passion. .

      In art, music, and literature, love has always been one of the major engines of human creativity. In celebration of love, romance, and the mysterious longings of the heart, "R-E-D" features a diverse collection of artworks filled with romance for our annual Valentine's Day exhibition. Each work offers a distinct perspective on the color red and its unmistakable relationship with human desire and life itself.
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    • Winter Selections | 2024

      Winter Selections | 2024

      A Group Exhibition 12 - 28 Jan 2024
      Nüart Gallery is pleased to present Winter Selections, our annual exhibition featuring a curation of our artists whose abstract and figurative work celebrate a constrained winter palette. The exhibition will open on January 12th and through January 28th, 2024.
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    • R-E-D

      R-E-D

      A Group Exhibition 10 - 19 Feb 2023
      Nüart Gallery is excited to announce the opening of ' R-E-D,' a Valentine's Day exhibition featuring a curated collection of paintings that celebrate the color red and its connection to...
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    • Winter Selections

      Winter Selections

      A Group Exhibition 20 Jan - 5 Feb 2023
      We’re excited to share our annual exhibition Winter Selections, featuring a curation of our artists whose abstract and figurative work celebrate a constrained winter palette . The minimalist environment of...
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    • Peter Stephens + Cecil Touchon

      Peter Stephens + Cecil Touchon

      Between the Lines 4 - 20 Nov 2022
      Nüart Gallery presents “ Between the Lines, ' an exhibition of new abstract paintings by Peter Stephens and Cecil Touchon . The artists’ work is multilayered and complex, utilizing various...
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    • Red Show

      Red Show

      The Color of Love 11 - 25 Feb 2022
      A selection of works by our artists, reflecting their interpretations of one of the most celebrated human emotions – love. We invite you to join us in celebrating one of the most powerful colors of the spectrum.
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    • Winter Selections

      Winter Selections

      A Group Exhibition 24 Jan - 6 Feb 2022
      Nüart Gallery is pleased to present Winter Selections, an exhibition featuring a curation of our artists whose abstract and figurative work celebrate a constrained winter palette. The minimalist environment of...
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    • Abstractions 2021

      Abstractions 2021

      19 Nov - 12 Dec 2021
      Featuring Work by Beverly Kedzior, Emilio Lobato, Joseph Ostraff, Willy Bo Richardson + Judy Woods
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    • Cecil Touchon

      Cecil Touchon

      Songs of the Ineffable 9 - 25 Jul 2021
      Nüart Gallery presents, “Songs of the Ineffable, ' a solo exhibition of new works by Cecil Touchon. The exhibition will run July 9th through July 25th, 2021 with an opening...
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    • Winter Inspirations

      Winter Inspirations

      A Group Exhibition 29 Jan - 7 Feb 2021
      Nüart Gallery presents Winter Inspirations, a group exhibition of paintings by Nüart Gallery artists. The exhibition will run January 29th through February 7th, 2020. We're celebrating the season of the...
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    • Abstractions Group Exhibition 2019

      Abstractions Group Exhibition 2019

      Shar Coulson, Cecil Touchon, Joseph Ostraff, Claire B Cotts, Rose Masterpol, & Anne Kaferle 8 - 24 Nov 2019
      Nüart Gallery is pleased to present, “ Abstractions 2019 ' a group exhibition of new work by six contemporary artists working in abstraction. The exhibition will run November 8 th...
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    • Cecil Touchon

      Cecil Touchon

      Subliteral Poetics 27 Oct - 12 Nov 2017
      Using typographic fonts, Internationally renowned artist Cecil Touchon creates abstractions coming from the collage tradition. His practice transforms the symbols of the written language into a form of visual architecture....
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    • Cecil Touchon

      Cecil Touchon

      before the beginning 27 May - 12 Jun 2016
      Internationally renowned artist Cecil Touchon creates elegant abstractions derived from the typographical tradition. Employing collage and paint, Touchon's practice seamlessly merges ephemera with partial curvilinear letterforms, reminiscent of the early...
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    • Cecil Touchon

      Cecil Touchon

      in a broken tongue 24 May - 9 Jun 2013
      In this solo exhibition, Cecil Touchon continues to develop paintings based upon collage work. Sometimes the edges of the letters are perceptible, but most often they are simply lyrical shapes....
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