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Born 1952 Midland, Michigan. Known for: Abstraction, pop art, surreal painting and sculpture.
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
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Keywords (24)
Art Method
- •Airbrush
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Pop Art, Popular Culture
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Married to an Artist