David Cantine

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  Purple Still Life 1 $4,300
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  Violet Still Life 3 $4,300
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  Still Life Blue $4,300
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  Purple Still Life 3 $4,300
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  Gray and Still Life $4,300
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  Portrait of Things $1,450
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  Portrait of Still Life 4 $1,450
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  Mellow Still Life 2 $4,300
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  Gray-Green Still Life 2 $4,300
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  Still Life Yellow $4,300
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  Still Life Green I $4,300
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  Primary Still Life No 04 $4,300
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  Things with Tops $4,300
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  Still Life Maroon and Green $4,800
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  Still Life in Gray $4,300
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  Snow White No 02 $4,800
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  Red and Orange #1 $4,800
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  Primary Still Life With Browns $4,800
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  Gray Still Life with Purples $4,300

Biography

Cantine's work is a poetic and intellectual exploration of a pictorial problem, color as structure which has infinite variations. The artist was quoted in the Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 2000: "For the past 26 years, I have painted essentially the same still life, which began as a pair of apples and its shadow, and evolved under pressure of color into the present imagery." Cantine may be referred to as a post-minimalist, a term coined by Robert Pincus-Witten in 1971 to describe work with a minimalist tendency but that uses modest materials and aims towards a pure formalist aesthetic.

Cantine was born in Jackson, Michigan (1939) and studied at the University of Iowa (BFA, MA) before moving to Alberta and working as a professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta (1965 – 96). His work has been exhibited at the Art Gallery of Alberta, FAB Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art among others and is represented in numerous private and public collections.

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Exhibitions