Conor Backman
b.1988 lives and works in Hudson, NY.
His photo-realistic paintings, assemblages, and sculptures carefully reproduce and re-contextualize the detritus and ephemera of the studio and popular culture. His work blurs narratives and layers references, often combining painted imagery with physical objects that function as analogues to the problems and procedures of both representational and abstract painting.
Conor Backman, Fixed Pacific, (2016), Oil on canvas over panel, modified paint can, rear-painted plexiglass, 58.5 x 43cm
Conor Backman, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, (2016), Oil on canvas over panel, modified paint can, rear-painted plexiglass, 58.5 x 43cm
Conor Backman Orange + Green and Purple Painting, 2014, Oil on canvas over panel, cast aquaresin, acrylic paint, hardware, artist’s frame, 61 x 45.5cm
Conor Backman, The Sun Never Sets (2015), Cast aquaresin, acrylic paint, pen and ink on paper, artist’s frame, 56 x 71 cm
Conor Backman, Orange + Red Painting, (2015), Acrylic on canvas over panel, cast aquaresin, acrylic paint, hardware, artist’s frame, 51 x 52 cm
Conor Backman, The Thought of The Thoughtless, 2015, Oil on steel, 30.5 x 25.5 x 5.5cm
Conor Backman, The Thought of The Thoughtless, 2015, Oil on steel 30.5 x 25.5 x 5.5cm