City Roofs, 1932-2024

Edward Hopper's 1932 painting City Roofs at Whitney Museum, New York 2024:

Views from Whitney, 2023-2024:

Live vs Hopper

The nostalgia of the 90s continues ...

I remember being wowed by the likeness to Edward Hopper's paintings of this video when it first came out.  Live's Turn My Head, 1997:

Video from Live's youtube channel

Hopper's 1951 painting Rooms By The Sea:

PsychoBarn

Cornelia Parker's installation Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) currently at the Royal Academy of Arts, London:

Edward Hopper's 1925 painting House By The Railroad:

Façades

Having studied architecture, I always find myself biased toward art with an architectural bent.  Currently showing at Toronto's Shopgirls, Gordon Leverton's paintings of building façades got my immediate attention when I saw them yesterday.  The deep shadows remind me of Edward Hopper.

Image courtesy of Gordon Leverton

Hopper melancholy

Did I mention that I love Edward Hopper?  Not really a fan of realism, I only love Hopper's dramatic treatment of light and shadow, which delivers a lasting feeling of loss and melancholy.

The first drawing is based on Hopper's 1943 painting Summertime.  All drawings are from 2009.