Ian Shults
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Untitled •
Untitled
I Would Tolerate You So Hard
This Year's Model
The Giddy-Up
Goodbye Forever... Until Next Time
The Walk Right In and The Walk Right Out
A Good Chance for Bad Happenstance •
Every F-ing Time
Broken Gold and Tarnished Silver •
What We Do Is Secret •
Study Hall
Power Games
The Exhibition
Locker Room
We are Young
Alice's Troublesome Trip Abroad
Long Division
ten twenty-one p.m.
Two Ten A.M.
twelve twenty-seven a.m.
Trouble
Negative Pleasure
Greek Chorus
Untitled, 2019
acrylic on panel, 36x36 inches, sold
Untitled, 2019
acrylic on panel, 18x18 inches, $1600
I Would Tolerate You So Hard, 2019
acrylic on canvas, 48x96 inches, $9500
This Year's Model, 2019
acrylic on panel, 48x60 inches, $6200
The Giddy-Up, 2019
acrylic on panel, 48x48 inches, $5300
Goodbye Forever... Until Next Time, 2019
acrylic on panel, 48x48 inches, $5300
The Walk Right In and The Walk Right Out, 2019
acrylic on panel, 48x48 inches, $5300
A Good Chance for Bad Happenstance, 2019
acrylic on panel, 48x60 inches, sold
Every F-ing Time, 2019
charcoal on paper, 22x30 inches unframed, $1200
Broken Gold and Tarnished Silver, 2019
acrylic on panel, 48 x 48 inches, sold
What We Do Is Secret, 2010
oil & acrylic on canvas, 60x120 inches, sold
Study Hall, 2017
acrylic on panel, 40x50 inches, $4600
Power Games, 2017
acrylic on canvas, 60x42 inches, $5600
The Exhibition, 2017
acrylic on panel, 48x48 inches, $5300
Locker Room, 2017
charcoal on paper, 22x30 inches, $1800
We are Young, 2017
charcoal on paper, 22x30 inches, $1800
Alice's Troublesome Trip Abroad, 2015
acrylic and ink on canvas, 40x40 and 12x18 inches, $3950
Long Division, 2015
acrylic and ink on canvas, 40x50 inches, $4200
ten twenty-one p.m., 2013
acrylic on canvas, 40x60 inches, $4500
Two Ten A.M., 2013
acrylic on canvas, 40x60 inches, $4500
twelve twenty-seven a.m., 2013
acrylic on canvas, 40x40 inches, $3200
Trouble, 2015
acrylic on canvas, 40x50 and 18x14 inches, $4700
Negative Pleasure, 2012
acrylic on canvas, 45x60 inches, $4300
Greek Chorus
acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 60x40 inches, $4500
About the artist...
Take a virtual tour of Shults' 2019 show at Wally Workman Gallery here, Shults' 2017 show here, or his 2015 show here.
Read the American Art Collector review of his 2019 show, or the review of Shults' 2015 show.
Read The Austin Chronicle Cover Story here.
Ian Shults was chosen as #35 on the Oxford American's Top 100 Southern Artists in 2012.
"Finish this sentence, sure, but then put the goddam paper down or step away from the screen and haul your ass up West Sixth to see this first show by local painter Ian Shults. That's the best advice we can give a fellow citizen right now, as the Workman Gallery decks its walls with the deconstructed vintage reprobates and swingers, all mid-century seersucker and clandestine hanky-panky, rendered in stunning acrylics by this hotshot with a brush and a brain." - The Austin Chronicle, July 9, 2010
Ian Shults' paintings forge fine art and the profane to tell sordid tales of debauchery with a sly sense of humor. His paintings recall a bygone era when the sheen of the American Dream dulled, and subversive behavior of illicit drugs and kinky benders were swept under the rug. Ian spent eight years as the Lead Illustrator and Head Sculptor at Blue Genie Art, where his ideas and vision accounted for much of the look of the various sculptures and illustrations produced at the shop.
Visit artist's website - www.ianshultsart.com