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Born 1965 Great Britain. Known for: Monochromatic death themed paintings, mixed media, graphite.
Executed in 2012, Untitled is an archetypal example of British-born, New York based artist Adam McEwen's graphite works. Cast from blocks of machine-chiseled graphite, the recognizable form of an... Read full biography
Executed in 2012, Untitled is an archetypal example of British-born, New York based artist Adam McEwen's graphite works. Cast from blocks of machine-chiseled graphite, the recognizable form of an ordinary metal shuttered gate takes on an entirely new identity, becoming both aesthetically and... Read full biography
Executed in 2012, Untitled is an archetypal example of British-born, New York based artist Adam McEwen's graphite works. Cast from blocks of machine-chiseled graphite, the recognizable form of an ordinary metal shuttered gate takes on an entirely new identity, becoming both aesthetically and conceptually significant. Rendered entirely in dense, dark grey carbon, every detail of this specifically designed object has been faithfully recreated, while the very purpose of its existence, its working... Read full biography
Executed in 2012, Untitled is an archetypal example of British-born, New York based artist Adam McEwen's graphite works. Cast from blocks of machine-chiseled graphite, the recognizable form of an ordinary metal shuttered gate takes on an entirely new identity, becoming both aesthetically and conceptually significant. Rendered entirely in dense, dark grey carbon, every detail of this specifically designed object has been faithfully recreated, while the very purpose of its existence, its working function, has been immobilized. Replicated in its original size and installed in such a way that it is experienced in as life-like way as possible, McEwen's radical treatment of an everyday object, habitual to most, commonly ignored, and highly... Read full biography
Executed in 2012, Untitled is an archetypal example of British-born, New York based artist Adam McEwen's graphite works. Cast from blocks of machine-chiseled graphite, the recognizable form of an ordinary metal shuttered gate takes on an entirely new identity, becoming both aesthetically and conceptually significant. Rendered entirely in dense, dark grey carbon, every detail of this specifically designed object has been faithfully recreated, while the very purpose of its existence, its working function, has been immobilized. Replicated in its original size and installed in such a way that it is experienced in as life-like way as possible, McEwen's radical treatment of an everyday object, habitual to most, commonly ignored, and highly atypical as the subject for an artwork, forces us to notice it. By engineering encounters with such objects in a fresh... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Conceptual
- •Monochrome
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Works on Paper
Art Subject
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, London Great Britain After 1900
Art School
- •California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Student
Exhibition of Museum
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art