Mixed Media (Oil, Spray and Enamel Paint) on Skateboard Deck. Limited edition of 200 UNIQUE hand-painted works. Stencil and hand-numbered' 190' in black marker on verso. Published and produced by Mekanism Skateboards, Paris, France.
PROVENANCE : Acquired directly from Mekanism Skateboards, Paris, France in September 2009. Painted on a skateboard,' Skateboard Deck' demonstrates the breadth of Smith's practice and his concern for deploying a range of surfaces and objects in his work. This piece incorporates a unique Josh Smith stencil, a feature of many of his works. Gesturing to adolescent messiness, the painterly marks of abstract expressionism, urban graffiti,' Skateboard Deck' neatly encapsulates Smith's playful approach to painting.
For this skateboard project New York City based artist Josh Smith was given total creative freedom. In response, Josh decided to oil paint 200 boards into one cohesive yet divisible collection. The result is 200 completely unique decks covered in oil, spray paint, and enamel. Instead of a signature, Josh made a custom stencil for the top graphic. Josh Smith is an artist based in New York.
Smith's works explore ideas of authorship and originality. He is perhaps best known for paintings featuring his name written large, the letters of which fluctuate between signifiers of the name and abstracted forms. I have always been aware of my name and how it sounds. In printmaking classes I started using it to see it reversed. It is embarrassing to see a painting of my name and it humbles me as I work.I have to paint around that feeling and continually compensate for it. The name paintings are like pre-fab buildings. You can build the painting around it. As an abstract painting, it serves as a vehicle and obstacle to prod the paintings forward.
Josh Smith, as quoted in " The Journal ", interview with Josh Smith, 2010. As of November 8, 2017, Josh Smith has joined the David Zwirner Gallery, New York, London and Hong Kong. Undercurrents: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art.Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (5/21 - 8/1). David Zwirner Gallery, London, UK. David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY.
Vanessa Woods & Josh Smith: Vestiges. Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.Galerie Eva Presenhuber Rämistrasse, Zurich, Switzerland. Galerie Eva Presenhuber, New York, NY. Josh Smith: I Will Carry The Weight. Massimo De Carlo, London, UK. Josh Smith: You Walk on Ahead, Go as Fast as You Want.
I'll Follow Along Slowly. I Know the Road Well. Josh Smith / Dieter Roth. Cahiers d'Art, Paris, France. Luhring Augustine, New York, NY.
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma (MACRO) Testaccio, Rome, Italy. Forever Now: Painting in the New Millennium.(group exhibition), Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY. (group exhibition), Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.
Josh Smith: 24 Hours', Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland. (group exhibition), Fonds RĂ©gional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC), Dijon, France' Mix/Remix' (group exhibition), Luhring Augustine, New York, NY. The Painting Factory: Abstraction After Andy Warhol. (group exhibition), Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Los Angeles, CA' Josh Smith', Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland. 2011' Josh Smith', Le Printemps de Septembre - a Toulouse, Espace EDF-Bazacle, Toulouse, France' Josh Smith: The American Dream', The Brant Foundation, Art Study Center, Greenwich, CT' Josh Smith: Human Target', Luhring Augustine, New York, NY' Untitled (painting)' (group exhibition), Luhring Augustine, New York, NY. 2010' ALPHA OMEGA Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection' (group exhibition), DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece' Josh Smith and Sophie von Hellerman', Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium. 2008' Josh Smith: Hidden Darts', Museum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK), Vienna, Austria. , Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium' Josh Smith: Zurich Abstraction', Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland' Josh Smith / Josh Fish', Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS BY CLICKING MY.The item "JOSH SMITH'Untitled #190', 2009 Hand-Painted Skateboard Deck SIGNED Original" is in sale since Wednesday, June 15, 2016. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings".
The seller is "thearteryfineart" and is located in Boston, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped worldwide.
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