For Immediate Release:
Sherrie Levine – Early Paintings
Skarstedt Fine Art
March 18 – April 26, 2003
Skarstedt Fine Art is pleased to present an exhibition of early paintings by Sherrie Levine.
Levine’s art works have been interpreted as explorations of notions questioning artistic originality, authenticity, the autonomy of the art object and its status as a commodity. Inspired by an academic pursuit of post-modernism in her artwork, Levine gained recognition in the early 1980’s for her appropriations of Classical American Photographs and of the Modern European Masters. Along with her contemporaries Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman and Richard Prince, Levine was deconstructing and reconstructing the very nature of representation.
The paintings in this exhibition are examples of her paintings from the 1980’s, which include, the Leadchecks, the Knots, the Broad and Thin Stripes and Mr. Austridge. These paintings exemplify Levine’s sculptural interest in the materials chosen for her art works. Texture and surface are crucial elements in her paintings.
In a interview with Constance Lewallen Levine from 1993, Levine stated, “A work of art. Something you experience in a visceral sense, because I believe that intellectual experiences are stronger when related to sensual experiences, a sense of the world. I sometimes paraphrase Lawrence Weiner on this; he said that he wanted to make art that throws you back on the physical world, that makes you think about your relationship to the physical world. I think that’s a wonderful way to think about artmaking.”
Sherrie Levine has had numerous gallery and museum exhibitions. There is an upcoming exhibition of recent work at Paula Cooper Gallery in New York.
For further information, please contact +1 212 737 2060 or info@skarstedt.com
Sherrie Levine – Early Paintings
Skarstedt Fine Art
March 18 – April 26, 2003
Skarstedt Fine Art is pleased to present an exhibition of early paintings by Sherrie Levine.
Levine’s art works have been interpreted as explorations of notions questioning artistic originality, authenticity, the autonomy of the art object and its status as a commodity. Inspired by an academic pursuit of post-modernism in her artwork, Levine gained recognition in the early 1980’s for her appropriations of Classical American Photographs and of the Modern European Masters. Along with her contemporaries Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman and Richard Prince, Levine was deconstructing and reconstructing the very nature of representation.
The paintings in this exhibition are examples of her paintings from the 1980’s, which include, the Leadchecks, the Knots, the Broad and Thin Stripes and Mr. Austridge. These paintings exemplify Levine’s sculptural interest in the materials chosen for her art works. Texture and surface are crucial elements in her paintings.
In a interview with Constance Lewallen Levine from 1993, Levine stated, “A work of art. Something you experience in a visceral sense, because I believe that intellectual experiences are stronger when related to sensual experiences, a sense of the world. I sometimes paraphrase Lawrence Weiner on this; he said that he wanted to make art that throws you back on the physical world, that makes you think about your relationship to the physical world. I think that’s a wonderful way to think about artmaking.”
Sherrie Levine has had numerous gallery and museum exhibitions. There is an upcoming exhibition of recent work at Paula Cooper Gallery in New York.
For further information, please contact +1 212 737 2060 or info@skarstedt.com