Baker Overstreet
testy taster moon raker
Acrylic on canvas
76 x 52 1/2 inches 193 x 133.4 cm
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Baker Overstreet
hot mic
Acrylic on canvas
47 x 40 inches 119.4 x 101.6 cm
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Baker Overstreet
WOW! MOM upside down
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 54 inches 152.4 x 137.2 cm
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Baker Overstreet
top hat ISO bottom fatty
Acrylic on canvas
41 1/2 x 41 1/2 inches 105.4 x 105.4 cm
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Baker Overstreet
Angel Glory
Acrylic on canvas
57 x 57 inches 144.8 x 144.8 cm
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Baker Overstreet
dirty piller's beauty bumps
Acrylic on canvas
77 1/4 x 66 1/4 inches 196.2 x 168.3 cm
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Baker Overstreet
Purple Haze
Acrylic on canvas
33 x 29 1/2 inches 83.8 x 74.9 cm
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Baker Overstreet
faberge luvas
Acrylic on canvas
58 x 68 inches 147.3 x 172.7 cm
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Baker Overstreet
12 x 12 inches of scrambled chanels
Acrylic on canvas
29 x 31 1/2 inches 73.7 x 80 cm
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Baker Overstreet’s paintings rely on an aesthetic that is rooted in folk and primitive arts. He employs unbalanced symmetry and ornamental patterning to make emblematic compositions that define human or architectural figures while subverting familiar form. This inherent contradiction (between the familiar and unfamiliar, the worldly and other worldly) creates a space where individual elements clash. The resulting phenomenon allows for an altered state where the specificity of an image gives way to something open and universal. These paintings are a record of that shared commonality.
About the Artist
Baker Overstreet (b. 1981) graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art and recently received his MFA from Yale University. He has been included in a group show at China Art Objects. This is his first solo exhibition at Fredericks & Freiser. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
