The following text is from the Art & Design section of The New York Times, October 4, 2015. "Jim Shaw, From Trash Bins and Swap Meets, a Prodigious Body of Work". By Randy Kennedy. ALTADENA, Calif. —... Read full biography
The following text is from the Art & Design section of The New York Times, October 4, 2015. "Jim Shaw, From Trash Bins and Swap Meets, a Prodigious Body of Work". By Randy Kennedy. ALTADENA, Calif. — The artist Jim Shaw, whose retrospective opens on Wednesday at the New Museum in Manhattan, works... Read full biography
The following text is from the Art & Design section of The New York Times, October 4, 2015. "Jim Shaw, From Trash Bins and Swap Meets, a Prodigious Body of Work". By Randy Kennedy. ALTADENA, Calif. — The artist Jim Shaw, whose retrospective opens on Wednesday at the New Museum in Manhattan, works in a modest converted house here on the outskirts of Los Angeles amid such a jumble of paintings and drawings it seems as if you could extract at least another three retrospectives out of it. The mess... Read full biography
The following text is from the Art & Design section of The New York Times, October 4, 2015. "Jim Shaw, From Trash Bins and Swap Meets, a Prodigious Body of Work". By Randy Kennedy. ALTADENA, Calif. — The artist Jim Shaw, whose retrospective opens on Wednesday at the New Museum in Manhattan, works in a modest converted house here on the outskirts of Los Angeles amid such a jumble of paintings and drawings it seems as if you could extract at least another three retrospectives out of it. The mess is not exactly Collyer brothers level, but the other afternoon Mr. Shaw had to dig through layers of works in progress to unearth a box with a book he wanted to give to a reporter. The box crowded the furniture in the living room along with two old... Read full biography
The following text is from the Art & Design section of The New York Times, October 4, 2015. "Jim Shaw, From Trash Bins and Swap Meets, a Prodigious Body of Work". By Randy Kennedy. ALTADENA, Calif. — The artist Jim Shaw, whose retrospective opens on Wednesday at the New Museum in Manhattan, works in a modest converted house here on the outskirts of Los Angeles amid such a jumble of paintings and drawings it seems as if you could extract at least another three retrospectives out of it. The mess is not exactly Collyer brothers level, but the other afternoon Mr. Shaw had to dig through layers of works in progress to unearth a box with a book he wanted to give to a reporter. The box crowded the furniture in the living room along with two old church organs, his studio manager’s Irish wolfhound and shelves bulging with titles such as “Jokes for the John” and “P... Read full biography
Jim Shaw - Artist Info
About Jim Shaw: Books
Books & Publications (5)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Representing L.A.: Pictorial Currents in Southern California Art (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Fuglie, Gordon
29 pages (color)
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
560 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)