JIM DINE Dorian Gray, Sybil, 1968

Renowned for his contributions to Pop Art and Performance Art, Jim Dine is a painter, sculptor and performance artist whose signature motifs include heart shapes, tools and Pinnochio – exemplifying his love of popular culture and his desire to denote themes that have remained close to him throughout his life; Dine has noted that he grew up in a family that sold tools and had always been ‘enchanted by these objects made by anonymous hands.’ Dine’s Happenings is among his earliest works and achieved much acclaim; the work was a collection of several chaotic performance pieces at various sites throughout New York City, and were created alongside fellow artists, Claes Oldenburg and Allan Kaprow, and musician John Cage. Dine’s earliest paintings featured such objects as screwdrivers and cans of paint, as evidenced in his Job #1 piece – he then went on to create through the medium of sculpture and among his most recognised pieces is his Technicolour Heart, a 12-foot-tall silicon bronze sculpture that he adorned with oil enamel in the shape of a heart. Less

Renowned for his contributions to Pop Art and Performance Art, Jim Dine is a painter, sculptor and performance artist whose signature motifs include heart shapes, tools and Pinnochio – exemplifying his love of popular culture and his desire to deno More