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Carl Smith
Live Wire - Retro Modern Original Artwork Television High Wire Act Painting

2021

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About the Item

Carl Smith explores the area between Pop Art and Surrealism and expresses it in one-of-a-kind original works on canvas, paper or wood. With the use of found images he tells slightly absurd and humorous visual anecdotes. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting. The process of making these narrative works is what Smith refers to as, 'Drawing with Pictures'. This 23 inch high by 30 inch wide unique artwork is wired and ready to hang. Smith combines his own photography with drawings and other narrative fragments. He works with several layout combinations before creating a finished image. From this finished layout, he selects and transmits individual pieces onto a canvas through screen-printing and further completes his works with oil or acrylic paint. Convenient local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Carl Smith is originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and studied art at Cooper Union in New York. He has been living in Berlin, Germany since 2001. Smith is particularly interested in the endless possibilities of book design, inspiring a collection of fine art book spines by the artist: "I am especially intrigued by the appearance of books when they are together in large, disorderly groups where all their different colors and styles somehow find a certain harmony. In many of my pieces I have sought to draw attention to this dynamic and experiment with the visual possibilities of stacking and leaning the books on each other like some kind of abstracted building block. In short, as a visual artist who works primarily with collage, I find books to be endlessly inspiring. They are so ordinary, yet they can be so sublime." Smith's graphic surreal works have been exhibited and collected in Germany, Norway, England, and the United States. Representation Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA Group Shows 2019 Affordable Art Fair New York 2016 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles 2015 'Positions', dat Gallerie, Berlin, Germany 'Berliner Liste 2015', Berlin, Germany 'Back to the Present', Luna Space, Santa Fe, New Mexico 'About Books', Studio Ebba Kaynak, Schorndorf, Germany New York Affordable Art Fair, New York ‘Pop Art Shakeup’, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles 2013 'People in Motion' Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles 2012 'Rare Birds', Lessing Halle, Kiel, Germany 2011 'Urban Discovery', ArtSpace Warehouse, Los Angeles 2010 'White Gloves Evening', Kunst Kontor, Berlin. 2010 ‘Urban Desire’, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles 2009 'Pocket Art', Kielkind Kunstraum, Kiel, Germany ‘Pop is Hot’, Kunstwarenhaus, Zurich, Switzerland 2008 ‘Mingle Configuration’, Turn Gallery, Berlin, Germany ‘Berliner Kunstsalon’. Umspanwerk, Berlin, Germany 2002 ‘T.A.B.I. Mini Salon’, private residence, Berlin, Germany 2000 ‘Pop am Ring’, Waschhaus, Potsdam, Germany 1997 ‘Scrambling Wall’, Site 21/21, Albuquerque, N.M. ‘Paper View’, Cooper Union, New York, N.Y. 1998 ‘Send in the Clones’, The Emerging Collector, New York, N.Y. ‘Truck’, The Lofts, Santa Fe, N.M. ‘Ship from the Desert’, Machinenehalle, Potsdam, Germany 1996 ‘Exotica’, Dodge Magazine offices, San Francisco, CA ‘Planet Iris’, The Lab, San Francisco, CA 1995 ‘From New York to Amsterdam’, Schuim, Amsterdam, Holland ‘Formentation’, Offsite, Santa Fe, N.M. 1992 ‘Hypnotic frenzy’, Railyard Performance Center, Santa Fe, N.M. ‘The Burning Boat’, The Bookroom, Santa Fe, N.M. ‘T.A.B. May Show’, Tesuque Art Barn, Tesuque, N.M. Solo Shows 2014'Body Clock', Cabinet de Chiropratique, Berlin, Germany 2013'The Living Lexicon', DAT Gallery Berlin, Germany 'Iiwii Gallery presents #3', Iiwii Gallery, Hamburg, Germany 2012'Synchronicity', Cabinet de Chiropratique, Berlin, Germany 'The Imaginary Salon´, Moppete, Berlin 'Between the Lines', As-style, Berlin 'Sound of the City', Inkarma Gallery, Berlin 2011'Northern Kites', Kielkind Kunstraum,Kiel.2009 'Jumping Your Shadow', Kielkind Kunstraum, Kiel, Germany 2006 ‘Simultaneity’, Art & Industry, Santa Fe, N.M 2005 ‘Magazine, Magazine’ The Spitz, London, England 2003 ‘Metaphor’, Cafe Rosa, Berlin, Germany 1998 ‘Transience’, Ecole National des Beaux Artes, Paris, France 1997 ‘Correspondences’, Plan B, Santa Fe, N.M. 1993 ‘Contact’, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA ‘Summer Times…’ The Velvet Cage, Santa Fe, N.M.
  • Creator:
    Carl Smith (1972, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2021
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
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  • Gallery Location:
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: ARTSPACE WAREHOUSE_SMITH_LIVE WIRE1stDibs: LU4268729282

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