John Henderson
dal 3/6/2011 al 25/6/2011
Segnalato da
3/6/2011
John Henderson
Museum of Contemporary Art MCA, Chicago
Henderson's work forges an unlikely alliance between the heavy metal industry and abstract art by casting all-over gestural paintings in aluminum and, more recently, bronze. His UBS 12x12 show consists of all new work and presents, for the first time, a bronze work from this ongoing series of cast paintings.
John Henderson's (b. 1984) work forges an unlikely alliance between the heavy metal industry and abstract art by casting all-over gestural paintings in aluminum and, more recently, bronze. His UBS 12x12 show consists of all new work and presents, for the first time, a bronze work from this ongoing series of cast paintings.
By uniting the individual expression of gestural painting with the impersonal nature of heavy metals, Henderson addresses central themes in contemporary art: the oft-times troubled relationship between painting and sculpture or the uniqueness of the individual work and personal touch and its industrial reproduction. The installation of the works further emphasizes these themes by contrasting individual works with those developed in series, and installing them below the typical gallery height for paintings, thereby directly engaging with the visitors as well as the exhibition space in its entirety.
John Henderson received his MFA in art theory and practice from Northwestern University in 2009, and his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007.
Image: John Henderson: Cast, 2011. Collection of Ernesto Esposito, Courtesy of T293, Naples, Italy.
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Opening 4 June 2011
Museum of Contemporary Art
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