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Grear Patterson
Mean Green Machine
- Estimate
- $8,000 - 12,000
Lot Details
tarpaulin laid on board, in 3 parts
overall 54 x 54 in. (137.2 x 137.2 cm)
Initialed and numbered "GP 1-3/3" on the reverse of all 3 elements. Further inscribed "Even though you love it it still makes you sad" on the reverse of one element. Further inscribed "Even though you love it it still makes you sad green light & dark." on a label affixed to the reverse of one element.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Provenance
Grear Patterson
American | 1988New York-based Grear Patterson uses mixed media to represent locations and moments that are ideal or associated with strong positive emotion. To do so, he plays with a visual repertoire of images that echo loudly in contemporary society; the resulting works challenge the ways in which we read and receive information in daily life.As such, in a show entitled True Romance that referenced Tony Scott's 1993 crime film, Patterson produced work that broke down smooth spaces and understandable tropes like sunsets and faces. The artist continually plays with viewers' nostalgic tendencies, but he also cheekily appropriates the contemporary vernacular and places it in a different, more aesthetic setting outside of the screen.
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