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Todd Murphy (1962-2020)

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Todd Murphy (1962-2020)

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Flowering Branches, 2017

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White into the White, 2016

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Blue, 2017

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Stag in the Woods, 2016

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Murphy Studio Film MARCH 31, 2016 4:17PM

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The deer and the dresses, these pieces invite different viewpoints. Some people see my art and they see something peaceful, some see something dark and frightening.

Todd Murphy
Forbes, 2016
Once on Little St. Simons Island, off of the coast of Georgia, Todd saw a stark white stag amongst the Spanish moss. He was mesmerized. The deer’s spirit lingered with the artist long after he had dashed back into the wild.

Barbara Stehle
Todd Murphy, an ongoing voyage. JUGULAR, Issue 1
A photograph reinvents the scene in winter: a white stag standing in the midst of an ethereal forest, covered in snow. The work is a montage, a forest of twig, carefully reconstituted by the artist. The encounter is retold as a poetic vision.

Barbara Stehle
Todd Murphy, an ongoing voyage. JUGULAR, Issue 1
Since, the stag, in white or tan, is an essential figure for the artist. In another one of Todd’s pieces, a regal, life-sized stag is represented with three-dimensional branches growing out of the picture. The effect is striking, merging the animal with his forest.

Barbara Stehle
Todd Murphy, an ongoing voyage. JUGULAR, Issue 1
Once on Little St. Simons Island, off of the coast of Georgia, Todd saw a stark white stag amongst the Spanish moss. He was mesmerized. The deer’s spirit lingered with the artist long after he had dashed back into the wild. A photograph reinvents the scene in winter: a white stag standing in the midst of an ethereal forest, covered in snow. The work is a montage, a forest of twig, carefully reconstituted by the artist. The encounter is retold as a poetic vision. Since, the stag, in white or tan, is an essential figure for the artist. In another one of Todd’s pieces, a regal, life-sized stag is represented with three-dimensional branches growing out of the picture. The effect is striking, merging the animal with his forest.

Barbara Stehle
Todd Murphy, an ongoing voyage. JUGULAR, Issue 1

Oh, that sculptors could paint paintings as well as he makes sculptures.

Donald Locke, “A World Apart, Todd Murphy’s ‘The New World’ at Fay Gold Gallery, 1995
Donald Locke (1930-2010) Painter, writer, sculptor, ceramicist and writer
link to Locke’s website underlined
Donald Locke artist’s Legacy website
I visited Murphy at his studio at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and have never been so moved by an artist working Space.

Adam Lehrer , 2016
Forbes “Artist Todd Murphy creates Discourse through Beauty” 2016

Hyperallergic: Todd Murphy, Seeing Spectral Visions In Fulsome Skirts By Seph Rodney
link to article on image — Hyperallergic: Todd Murphy, Seeing Spectral Visions In Fulsome Skirts By Seph Rodney link to article on image

Art Fuse Todd Murphy at Marc Straus by Kate Murphy Link to article on image

Art Central Hong Kong link to work exhibited on image

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Scarlet Branches, 2017

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White into the White, 2016

Blue, 2017

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Stag in the Woods, 2016

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The deer and the dresses, these pieces invite different viewpoints. Some people see my art and they see something peaceful, some see something dark and frightening.

Once on Little St. Simons Island, off of the coast of Georgia, Todd saw a stark white stag amongst the Spanish moss. He was mesmerized. The deer’s spirit lingered with the artist long after he had dashed back into the wild.

A photograph reinvents the scene in winter: a white stag standing in the midst of an ethereal forest, covered in snow. The work is a montage, a forest of twig, carefully reconstituted by the artist. The encounter is retold as a poetic vision.

Since, the stag, in white or tan, is an essential figure for the artist. In another one of Todd’s pieces, a regal, life-sized stag is represented with three-dimensional branches growing out of the picture. The effect is striking, merging the animal with his forest.

Oh, that sculptors could paint paintings as well as he makes sculptures.

I visited Murphy at his studio at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and have never been so moved by an artist working Space.

TODD MURPHY (1962-2020)