Grear Patterson - New Now Day Sale New York Monday, February 29, 2016 | Phillips

New Now Day Sale

New York Auction 29 February 2016 11am

  • Provenance

    Bill Brady Gallery, Kansas City

  • Artist Biography

    Grear Patterson

    American • 1988

    New 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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Grear Patterson

Mean Green Machine

2014
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.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

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New Now Day Sale

New York Auction 29 February 2016 11am