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Chris Sharp Gallery is honored to present the first solo exhibition of the late great Joe Brainard in Los Angeles.
Joe Brainard (1941-1994) was an artist and writer closely associated with the New York School of poetry. Consid-ered to be one of the early progenitors of American pop, Brainard casually refused to commit to a single, identifiable artistic style or mode of making. Instead, his restless inventiveness saw him work in everything from assemblage to painting to drawing and collage, as well as set design. Themes included popular culture, religious imagery (the madonna), still life, portraits and gay iconography. With great humor, levity, and panache he considered American consumerism, high and low culture and the social mores of his time as well as his own homosexuality, while often insisting on a certain intimacy of scale and address. As a writer, Brainad was primarily known for his celebrated memoir “I Remember” (1975) which is revered by writers, poets and artists alike. He…
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Chris Sharp Gallery is honored to present the first solo exhibition of the late great Joe Brainard in Los Angeles.
Joe Brainard (1941-1994) was an artist and writer closely associated with the New York School of poetry. Consid-ered to be one of the early progenitors of American pop, Brainard casually refused to commit to a single, identifiable artistic style or mode of making. Instead, his restless inventiveness saw him work in everything from assemblage to painting to drawing and collage, as well as set design. Themes included popular culture, religious imagery (the madonna), still life, portraits and gay iconography. With great humor, levity, and panache he considered American consumerism, high and low culture and the social mores of his time as well as his own homosexuality, while often insisting on a certain intimacy of scale and address. As a writer, Brainad was primarily known for his celebrated memoir “I Remember” (1975) which is revered by writers, poets and artists alike. He…
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