Grear Patterson - New Now New York Wednesday, February 28, 2018 | Phillips

New Now

New York Auction 28 February 2018

  • Provenance

    Salon 94, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • 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

A Crier's Smile

each signed with the artist's initials and consecutively inscribed "GP [1-3]/3" on the reverse; further inscribed "a crier's smile" on the reverse of the green element
tarpaulin mounted to board, in 3 parts
overall 54 x 54 in. (137.2 x 137.2 cm.)
Executed in 2014.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

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New Now

New York Auction 28 February 2018