Raymond Pettibon
dal 11/10/2006 al 24/2/2007
Segnalato da
11/10/2006
Raymond Pettibon
Kunsthalle Wien, Wien
With more than 500 drawings and several video works, the Kunsthalle Wien presents the first major Pettibon retrospective in Austria for which the artist created a new, 15-meter wall painting. Pettibon is one of the most thorough chroniclers of American milieus of popular culture.
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US artist Raymond Pettibon is one of the most thorough chroniclers of
American milieus of popular culture. His black and white drawings with
occasional blood-red drip lines unfold an enigmatic comics counterworld
which, in its grotesque distortions, exposes hidden truths about the USA
without revealing all its mystery.
Pettibon became known for his flyers, concert posters, and record covers
for Californian punk bands. But he soon distanced himself from the local
hardcore scene and developed his “trage'die humaine" in books and single
sheets whose disturbing combination of image and text critically questions
popular myths. Pettibon has drawn his inspiration from the US design of the
thirties and forties as well as the hippies’ Flower Power dreams which he,
with great glee, transformed into bloody massacre scenes. His cast includes
both superheroes and supervillains (Superman, Jesus, Stalin, etc.), as well
as a number of key motifs (e.g. trains, baseball players) which he
“remixes" in infinite variations.
With more than 500 drawings and several video works, the Kunsthalle Wien
presents the first major Pettibon retrospective in Austria for which the
artist created a new, 15-meter wall painting.
Thursday 12 October, 2006, 10 am: press conference
The artist will attend the press conference
Thursday 12 October, 2006, 7 pm: opening
Kunsthalle Wien
Museumsplatz 1 - Wien