Fuck That Shit

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Wayne White
Fuck That Shit
2015

Name: Fuck That Shit
Brand: Wayne White
Price: 16000 USD

About the Item

A traditionalist by trade (no computer or Photoshop) and armed with formidable drawing skills, White imbues every medium he touches, be it paper, canvas, bronze, wood or printmaking with his distinct, at times idiosyncratic sensibility. Abrasive, amusing or confrontational, his art pushes back at fine art assumptions and academic convention. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, White has used his career to preserve the innate ‘Americana’ of his youth; be it with words, phrases, expressions or stories, his narrative presses towards beauty as a peak experience, as evidenced by the recent award winning documentary, Beauty Is Embarrassing, directed by Neil Berkeley. Using framed offset lithographs from the 1960’s and 70’s, White inserts his voice as text into these readymades, forming a new American landscape; panoramic vistas rife with wit and insight. Working on mass-produced lithographs allows him to play with notions of the authenticity and conventions of painting while mirroring our cultural stories. Redeeming these mass produced items with words, White taps our collective memory of decorative pictures from the past while establishing a new clue or perverse quip of possible meanings. Good Looking People Having Fun With Out You is the earliest work in the exhibition, setting a tone derived from the artist’s time working in the entertainment field. As one of the originators of the legendary 1980’s television show, Pee Wee’s Playhouse, White’s humor reverberates through his art: Picasso’s Ass Falling Off, “Honest Artists”, and Tossed Off Crap, each chide our mythologies about cultural figures and/or interpersonal bad habits.

Creator:
Wayne White (1957, American)
Creation Year:
2015
Dimensions:
Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)
Medium:
Acrylic,Found Objects,Offset
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
This is a unique painting on a found offset lithograph surface - any marks or imperfections in the surface are intentional and part of the piece.
Gallery Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU8321029343