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Josh Blackwell

Working across mediums, Josh Blackwell creates art objects and installations that explore and challenge the purpose and use of everyday, disposable items. Using characteristically bold hues and textured surfaces, he constructs a careful critique of the two-dimensional boundaries of painting in Paper Sweaters (2011). In Plastic Bag as Humble Present (2012), discarded bags are reclaimed and immortalized as works of art, ennobling the objects while simultaneously rendering them functionally useless. Blackwell's work has been exhibited in numerous institutions, including Museum Bellerive in Zurich and MoMA PS1.

Born 1972
Hometown New Orleans, LA
Lives and Works Los Angeles, CA
Education
MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, 1999
BA, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, 1995

SHOWS

11R

New York
May 03 2016 - Jun 05 2016

Josh Blackwell | Rebecca Morris | Ree Morton
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