Pierre, McQueen, Taylor
Date: 2001 ; Santa Monica ; Estado de Baja California Sur , United States in terms of modern geography
Art Form: Painting
Dimensions: 121.92 X 121.92 cm (48 X 48 in)
"Pierre, McQueen, Taylor" approx 48 x 48 ins., acrylic and spraypaint on paper bond print with image and Foamcore, is part of Hinnebusch's "Oceanfront Series," a group of approx. 50 paintings. They were made on halved 4 foot by 8 foots sheets of foamcore Hinnebusch recycled from a Christmas Amazon.com commercial which Hinnebusch was a production asssistant on. While on the Venice Beach boardwalk, Hinnebusch met and be-friended former Time Magazine art editor and writer Alexander Eliot, who suggested he drop the name of the series as it might be confused with Richard Diebenkorn's "Ocean Park" paintings and not call the work a series at all as it wouldn't help. Mr. Eliot also named Hinnebusch's painting "Sainte Chapelle" and presented HInnebusch with a hand written critique of Hinnebusch's work.
The Oceanfront Series paintings were made from photographs made into high contrast using the photocopy filer in photoshop and then printed on architectural bond prints roughly 36 x 48 inches and then glued to the Foam Core. This started what Hinnebusch jokingly referred to his "vertical drip" paintings because "..I'm sober and Jackson Pollack wasn't."
"Pierre, McQueen, Taylor" is based on a photograph of a Venice Beach street artist from Paris named Pierre, two of his portraits of American actors Steve McQueen and Elizabeth Taylor on display. In the ten years of the artwork's travel to and from the beach and to and from New York City in 2005, "Pierre, McQueen, Taylor" has reduced in size by half vertically and is expected to be framed for posterity in the near future. (written in 2014.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Eliot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Diebenkorn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foamcore
