Jerry Kearns
RRRGGHH!!!
26 June - 23 August
We are thrilled with our current show, Jerry Kearns RRRGGHH!!!, and the Joker and Jesus agree (FINALLY!). Its been two thousand years since the Book of Revelations hit the proverbial shelves, and not since then has the conflict of good and evil appeared in such a cinematic dimension. Jerry has created 8 epic painted film stills narrating a true hero's journey, breathing new life into the oldest story in history. It's not quite clear who is winning and who is losing, but our money is on Jesus because he's carrying a gun.
Please read a selection of our recent press below.
For additional information please contact our Director, Lily Fierman
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| Jerry Kearns / TWEET / Acrylic on canvas / 2010-13 |
July 3rd, 2014 - Stephanie Buhmann, The Villager Newspaper
"Each
hero embodies at least one of the more influential archetypes in
culture, such as Jesus (see a work entitled "BAM BAM") or a hybrid of
The Joker and the American Cowboy (see "AGGGKK!"). But Kearns is not
interested in romanticizing culture. In fact, as someone who came to
prominence in the 1980s with politically minded Psychological Pop Art
Paintings, he understands his works as a sign of warning, pointing out
that in our time, nature has been virtually replaced by mediated
information - and that we risk becoming corporate avatars."
July 2nd, 2014 - Daniel Gauss, Arte Fuse
"Kearns' work is so engaging it speaks for itself. [...] Kearns seems to be poking fun at
our tendency to visualize the process of human development in violent terms, regardless
of the fact that this is so counter-productive. Even within the Christian tradition, built on
the self-destructive ethical behavior of a pacifistic Nazarene whistle-blower, we still
love watching the bad guy get his cahoonas shot off."
June 2nd, 2014 - Carlo McCormick, PAPER Magazine
"As
one of the most astute political artists of our time, Jerry Kearns has
been calling out society on its cultural bullshit for decades now in
about the only way we can ever see the truth: through the vulgar
dishonesty of pure visual seduction."
July 2nd, 2014 - Art in America
"Pop
art lives! Veteran artist Jerry Kearns, once active in the 1980-86
advocacy group Political Art Documentation and Distribution (PAD/D),
here presents eight new figurative paintings and five murals, all
drawing on vernacular sources (comic books, movies, pulp fiction, TV)
and the conventions of hero-villain mythology to make wry social and
psychological observations."
ArtRx NYC
Art: Jerry Kearns. RRRGGHH!!!
Jerry Kearns, RRRGGHHH!!!
June 24th, 2014 - Jillian Steinhauer, Hyperallergic
"This week marks the first solo exhibition of Jerry Kearns's work since 2006. A member of the art collective PAD/D and
a frequent collaborator with writer Lucy Lippard, Kearns is best known
for his "psychological pop" paintings. RRRGGHHH!!! will feature eight
monumental canvases and five murals painted within Mike Weiss Gallery."
June 17th, 2014 - Sanja Govedarica, Wall Street International
"I
attempt to reflect possibilities and other notions about reality when I
structure a painting. I want to encode contemporary beliefs about our
experience. Like the discovery of perspective defined the Renaissance,
collage and its relation to relativity have defined our vision."- Jerry
Kearns
July 4th, 2014 - Art Daily
"This image is my effort to show you how it felt to be alive in the time and place I was."
- Jerry Kearns
June 16th, 2014 - Nora York, Clocktower Radio
In this conversation with musical illustrations, Kearns discusses his summer 2014 exhibition RRRGGHHH!!!
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Jerry Kearns / RRRGGHH!!! / Mike Weiss Gallery / 2014
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520 W 24 NYC
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