O-ist student painting

Jim Shaw

BornNationalityBased In
1952AmericanLos Angeles
Biography

The practice of American artist Jim Shaw (b. 1952, Midland, Michigan) spans a wide range of artistic media and visual imagery. Since the 1970s, Shaw has mined the detritus of American culture, finding inspiration for his artworks in comic books, pulp novels, rock albums, protest posters, thrift store paintings – his ever-growing collection of found artworks has been the subject of its own exhibition on several occasions – and advertisements. At the same time, Shaw has consistently turned to his own life and, in particular, his unconscious, as a source of artistic creativity. Providing a blend of the personal, the commonplace and the uncanny, Shaw’s works frequently place in dialogue images of friends and family members with world events, pop culture and alternate realities. Often unfolding in long-term, narrative cycles, the works contains systems of cross-references and repetitions, which rework similar symbols and motifs, allowing a story-like thread to be perceived. ...

Selected Artworks
What is the Law? Not to Spill Blood
Jim Shaw
What is the Law? Not to Spill Blood, 2019
91.4 x 121.9 x 4.4cm
Mr. Hotdog
Jim Shaw
Mr. Hotdog, 2019
111.8 x 71.1 x 4.4cm
O-ist student painting
Jim Shaw
O-ist student painting, 2000
61 x 61cm
O-ist student painting
Jim Shaw
O-ist student painting, 2000
61 x 61cm
O-ist student painting
Jim Shaw
O-ist student painting, 2000
61 x 61cm
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Busan Biennial2008 - Busan
Busan Biennial2008 - Busan
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