Honor Titus, 1989
Honor Titus is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles.
Painted in a range of dark, luminous jewel tones, his paintings often depict faceless figures in minimal urban landscapes, reflecting the sense of isolation and loneliness that results from a condition of anonymity in the urban environment. Suffused with a sense of romance, Titus’s paintings are embedded with nostalgic references to a simpler time: a boy in baseball gear, a 1950s car painted cherry-red, a man with a bouquet of flowers in an old suit and fedora.
Titus’s simplified compositions and bold, flat patches of colour are inspired by Les Nabis, which included French painters such as Maurice Denis and Felix Vallotton. In their bold immediacy and emphasis on flat, decorative patterns, Titus’s surfaces echo the style of graphic hyperrealism practiced by artists inspired by American advertising, such as Alex Katz.
Honor Titus is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles.
Painted in a range of dark, luminous jewel tones, his paintings often depict faceless figures in minimal urban landscapes, reflecting the sense of isolation and loneliness that results from a condition of anonymity in the urban environment. Suffused with a sense of romance, Titus’s paintings are embedded with nostalgic references to a simpler time: a boy in baseball gear, a 1950s car painted cherry-red, a man with a bouquet of flowers in an old suit and fedora.
Titus’s simplified compositions and bold, flat patches of colour are inspired by Les Nabis, which included French painters such as Maurice Denis and Felix Vallotton. In their bold immediacy and emphasis on flat, decorative patterns, Titus’s surfaces echo the style of graphic hyperrealism practiced by artists inspired by American advertising, such as Alex Katz.
Artworks
Sunset on Utica, 2021, Oil on canvas
Summer at Dodge Hall, 2021, Oil on canvas
To Live and Dive in LA, 2021, Oil on canvas
Trophy Position, 2021, Oil on canvas
Self-Portrait, 2021, Oil on canvas
3 of Hearts, 2021, Oil on canvas
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Honor Titus, 1989
Honor Titus (b. 1989, Brooklyn, NY) is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles.
Titus is a self-taught painter whose work is deeply influenced by his creative past as a musician and poet. Before moving to Los Angeles in 2016 he assisted in the studio of artist Raymond Pettibon, who attended his poetry readings in New York.
Painted in a range of dark, luminous jewel tones, his paintings often depict faceless figures in minimal urban landscapes, reflecting the sense of isolation and loneliness that results from a condition of anonymity in the urban environment. Suffused with a sense of romance, Titus’s paintings are embedded with nostalgic references to a simpler time: a boy in baseball gear, a 1950s car painted cherry-red, a man with a bouquet of flowers in an old suit and fedora.
Titus’s simplified compositions and bold, flat patches of colour are inspired by Les Nabis, which included French painters such as Maurice Denis and Felix Vallotton. In their bold immediacy and emphasis on flat, decorative patterns, Titus’s surfaces echo the style of graphic hyperrealism practiced by artists inspired by American advertising, such as Alex Katz.
Titus’s first solo exhibition premiered at Henry Taylor Gallery, Los Angeles in 2020. His work was recently featured in the group exhibition (Nothing But) Flowers at Karma, New York, which ran 30 July-13 September 2020.
Titus is a self-taught painter whose work is deeply influenced by his creative past as a musician and poet. Before moving to Los Angeles in 2016 he assisted in the studio of artist Raymond Pettibon, who attended his poetry readings in New York.
Painted in a range of dark, luminous jewel tones, his paintings often depict faceless figures in minimal urban landscapes, reflecting the sense of isolation and loneliness that results from a condition of anonymity in the urban environment. Suffused with a sense of romance, Titus’s paintings are embedded with nostalgic references to a simpler time: a boy in baseball gear, a 1950s car painted cherry-red, a man with a bouquet of flowers in an old suit and fedora.
Titus’s simplified compositions and bold, flat patches of colour are inspired by Les Nabis, which included French painters such as Maurice Denis and Felix Vallotton. In their bold immediacy and emphasis on flat, decorative patterns, Titus’s surfaces echo the style of graphic hyperrealism practiced by artists inspired by American advertising, such as Alex Katz.
Titus’s first solo exhibition premiered at Henry Taylor Gallery, Los Angeles in 2020. His work was recently featured in the group exhibition (Nothing But) Flowers at Karma, New York, which ran 30 July-13 September 2020.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2021 | Honor Titus, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK |
| 2021 | Honor Titus: For Heaven’s Sake, Timothy Taylor, New York, NY, USA |
| 2020 | Honor Titus: Goodness Gracious, Studio Henry Taylor, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2021 | IRL (In Real Life), Timothy Taylor, London, UK |
| 2021 | Parallel Worlds, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2021 | and I will wear you in my heart of heart, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY |
| 2020 | (Nothing but) Flowers, Karma, New York, NY, USA |
Selected Public and Private Collections
| Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, New York, NY |
| Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX |
| Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China |
| Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC |
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