Pop Round Vessel Sink, Randall Vessel Faucet, Transitional Floor Mount Bathtub Faucet, St. George Freestanding Soaking Tub
John Currin, Thanksgiving 2003
Pop Round Vessel Sink, Randall Vessel Faucet
Cecily Brown
St. George Pedestal Bathroom Sinks, Landfair Widespread Bathroom Faucets, Fitzgerald Two-Piece Elongated Toilet
DXV by American Standard is a landmark product line that represents the company’s storied history spanning 150 years. The collection spans four broad movements: Classic (1880 – 1920), Golden Era (1920 – 1950), Modern (1950 – 1990), and Contemporary (1990 – today). Each piece in the carefully curated collection harkens back to the era it was inspired by and combines it with modern sensibilities, technology and performance. Although each fixture is inspired by a distinct era, the entire collection has a dialogue and the ability to cross over and create a remix of eras in one space. The pieces in the Classic Movement by DXV echo the curves, details and flair of times passed while integrating the technology of the present. Whether you’re a restoration buff who wants true-to-period pieces or someone who loves modern finishes with a nod to the past, the Classic Collection has something to round off any design. The designers working with DXV created timeless spaces with a nostalgic flair that feel both traditional and contemporary. Artists like John Currin, John McAllister and Cecily Brown all take cues from classical periods in art history, while recontextualizing them into modern color schemes, subject matter and treatments.
Victorian Kitchen and Bar Faucets
John Currin’s satirical, skillfully executed paintings call to mind the portraits of European royalty during the Renaissance era. Combining modern gestures, clothing and subject matter, his skills, “which include elements of Old Master paint application and high-Mannerist composition, have been put to use on some of the most seductive and rivetingly weird figure paintings of our era.” 
John McAllister’s paintings evoke the spirit of Post Impressionist artists like Henri Matisse and George Braque. However, he uses vibrating patterning and detail, along with near-neon colors for an effect that is thoroughly modern. Each of his pieces invites the viewer to look into a world that is bright and strange and yet comfortingly familiar.
Cecily Brown’s emotionally charged paintings reference the broad history of painting, “from Rubens and Veronese to the muscular expressionism of Willem de Kooning.” The movement in Brown’s painting evoke something timeless and ethereal, grounded in history and yet expanding its vocabulary.
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