Fantasia
Artist
D.J. Hall
(b. 1951)
Date2001
MediumLithograph on paper
Dimensions26 x 29 in. (66 x 73.7 cm)
ClassificationsPrintmaking
Credit LineThe Hilbert Collection
Object numberHal-8
DescriptionD.J. Hall was born in Los Angeles and still works there today, painting from her studio in Venice Beach. Her signature paintings emphasize the idyllic lifestyle synonymous with Southern California, inspired by the artist’s earliest sun-speckled poolside memories. Although her hyper-detailed work draws upon the foundations of photorealism, each piece is actually a highly contrived composite of both real and imagined scenarios. Hall’s process often involves a live photo shoot with models, after which she edits and reassembles the visual information in order to produce a painting that sparkles with a more extraordinary sense of magical reality. In Hall’s vivid worlds we find a diary of images where leisurely people, frozen in time, enjoy the fleeting, joyous moments of a life well lived. Hall’s work can be found in many corporate and public collections, including the American University in Washington D.C., Bank of America, The Buck Collection, Long Beach Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.On View
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