Amy Sillman

(American, born 1955)

Amy Sillman is an influential contemporary American painter whose practice conflates the abstract and the figurative into large-scale, gestural oil paintings. Born in 1955 in Detroit, MI, Sillman received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York and her MFA from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. “Painting is a physical thinking process to continue an interior dialogue,” she has said, “a way to engage in a kind of internal discourse, or sub-linguistic mumbling.” Her process-based work, suffused with humor and conceptual exploration, employs vibrant color and intense layering and drawing, and seeks intensity rather than beauty. In addition to her painting practice, Sillman also produces zines and iPad animations, and writes on the work of other artists. The artist has exhibited widely, and her work is included in numerous museum collections in the US and Europe. Her first museum survey, “one lump or two,” curated by Helen Molesworth, opened in 2013 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Sillman is based in New York.

Amy Sillman Artworks

Amy Sillman (171 results)
XL31, 2020

Amy Sillman

XL31, 2020

Emanuela Campoli

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Test Strips, 2014

Amy Sillman

Test Strips, 2014

Emanuela Campoli

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The O-G zine collection, 2010–2018

Amy Sillman

The O-G zine collection, 2010–2018

Sale Date: May 3, 2024

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An Ideal Boy and a Real Tourist, 1986

Amy Sillman

An Ideal Boy and a Real Tourist, 1986

Sale Date: April 16, 2024

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Three Works: (i-iii) Untitled, 1996

Amy Sillman

Three Works: (i-iii) Untitled, 1996

Sale Date: March 12, 2024

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Four Works: (i-iv) Untitled, 1996

Amy Sillman

Four Works: (i-iv) Untitled, 1996

Sale Date: March 12, 2024

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Rome, 2014

Amy Sillman

Rome, 2014

Sale Date: March 1, 2024

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NOSE, 2010

Amy Sillman

NOSE, 2010

Sale Date: March 7, 2021

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A Shape that Stands Up and Listens #52, 2012

Amy Sillman

A Shape that Stands Up and Listens #52, 2012

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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No What Thaw Was Saw On., 1999

Amy Sillman

No What Thaw Was Saw On., 1999

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Word of Mouth, 1998

Amy Sillman

Word of Mouth, 1998

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Junker 1, 2009–2010

Amy Sillman

Junker 1, 2009–2010

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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What the Axe Knows, 2018

Amy Sillman

What the Axe Knows, 2018

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Untitled (Triptych), 2000

Amy Sillman

Untitled (Triptych), 2000

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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Untitled, 1994

Amy Sillman

Untitled, 1994

Sale Date: September 29, 2023

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Rome #8, 2014

Amy Sillman

Rome #8, 2014

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Untitled (April Drawing 2, Version 4), 2014

Amy Sillman

Untitled (April Drawing 2, Version 4), 2014

Sale Date: July 18, 2023

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Untitled, 2001

Amy Sillman

Untitled, 2001

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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The Ocean, 1997

Amy Sillman

The Ocean, 1997

Sale Date: March 10, 2023

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