Glenn Brown
dal 14/9/2004 al 7/11/2004
Segnalato da
14/9/2004
Glenn Brown
Serpentine Gallery, London
The artist has made a significant contribution to contemporary art internationally, and particularly to the field of painting, through his synthesis of visual material, both historic and current, and his references to a wide range of sources taken from fine art and popular culture. This exhibition presents work from 1991 to the present, highlighting his figurative and abstract paintings, his fantastical science-fiction-inspired imagery, his lesser-known sculptures and the relationships between them.
Glenn Brown has made a significant contribution to contemporary art internationally, and particularly to the field of painting, through his synthesis of visual material, both historic and current, and his references to a wide range of sources taken from fine art and popular culture.
Over the course of his career, Brown has made paintings inspired by diverse sources, including portraits by historical and modern masters such as Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Salvador DalÃ, and the fantastical images of leading science-fiction artists. Brown subverts the source images from which he draws inspiration, transforming them into paintings that are both hauntingly familiar and, through his eyes, completely new. The iconic works he chooses – he refers to the 'chocolate boxy' Fragonard, the 'adolescent' appeal of a DalÃ, and the 'sensationalist' images of science fiction – produce bawdy canvases that inject humour and underline its role within 'high art'. The Serpentine's exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of Brown's work. Short-listed for the Turner Prize in 2000, he has been included in a number of influential international exhibitions that focus on painting. This important mid-career presentation will feature work from 1991 to the present, highlighting his figurative and abstract paintings, his fantastical science-fiction-inspired imagery, his lesser-known sculptures and the relationships between them.
Glenn Brown will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue that includes an essay by Alison Gingeras, Curator for Contemporary Art at Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou in Paris, which contextualises the artist's work within the international field of contemporary painting.
Accompanying this essay will be an interview of Glenn Brown by Rochelle Steiner, Chief Curator of the Serpentine Gallery and curator of this exhibition.
Available from the Serpentine Gallery Lobby Desk and the Bookshop.
Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens London W2 3XA