Kenny Scharf Limited Edition Serigraph on Paper: "Spaceballs"
Artist: Kenny Scharf
Title: Spaceballs
Size: 32" x 40"
Edition:
Medium: Limited Edition Serigraph on Paper
About the Artist: Kenny Scharf, born in Hollywood, California in 1958, firstcame to artistic prominence in the early 1980s in New York,along with artists Keith Haring and Basquiat. Scharf placedhis bright imagery, drawn from television and pop culture,on the streets and in nightclubs of the city, helping tonurture a dynamic and freewheeling scene.Kenny Scharf's work is instantly recognizable, withidiosyncratic cartoon creatures popping up in the oddest ofplaces: in paintings, on functional objects, or piled up ontop of each other to form huge totem poles. Scharf shot toprominence in New York during the 80s: part of the deeplyinfluential generation of artists that emerged at that time. Scharf calls his art Pop Surrealism: "Surrealism is aboutthe unconscious, and I feel my work is about theunconscious. The images come from the unconscious exceptthat my unconscious is filled with pop imagery. Myunconscious is pop, so therefore the art would bePop-Surrealism."Scharf is a prolific artist who has worked in manytraditional media, including painting, printmaking, drawingand sculpture; he has also designed lifeguard stations,Zippo lighters, watches, cell phones, carpets and carnivalcarousels. He is currently working on an animated filmseries in Hollywood.Scharf has exhibited widely, including the Salvador DaliMuseum, St. Petersburg, Bienalle de Sao Paolo, Brazil, TonyShafrazi Gallery and Queens Museum of Art, New York, Museumof Contemporary Art, Monterrey, and the Ft. LauderdaleMuseum of Art. His work has been collected by major museumsworldwide, such as the Whitney in New York, and theStedelijk in Amsterdam.
Title: Spaceballs
Size: 32" x 40"
Edition:
Medium: Limited Edition Serigraph on Paper
About the Artist: Kenny Scharf, born in Hollywood, California in 1958, firstcame to artistic prominence in the early 1980s in New York,along with artists Keith Haring and Basquiat. Scharf placedhis bright imagery, drawn from television and pop culture,on the streets and in nightclubs of the city, helping tonurture a dynamic and freewheeling scene.Kenny Scharf's work is instantly recognizable, withidiosyncratic cartoon creatures popping up in the oddest ofplaces: in paintings, on functional objects, or piled up ontop of each other to form huge totem poles. Scharf shot toprominence in New York during the 80s: part of the deeplyinfluential generation of artists that emerged at that time. Scharf calls his art Pop Surrealism: "Surrealism is aboutthe unconscious, and I feel my work is about theunconscious. The images come from the unconscious exceptthat my unconscious is filled with pop imagery. Myunconscious is pop, so therefore the art would bePop-Surrealism."Scharf is a prolific artist who has worked in manytraditional media, including painting, printmaking, drawingand sculpture; he has also designed lifeguard stations,Zippo lighters, watches, cell phones, carpets and carnivalcarousels. He is currently working on an animated filmseries in Hollywood.Scharf has exhibited widely, including the Salvador DaliMuseum, St. Petersburg, Bienalle de Sao Paolo, Brazil, TonyShafrazi Gallery and Queens Museum of Art, New York, Museumof Contemporary Art, Monterrey, and the Ft. LauderdaleMuseum of Art. His work has been collected by major museumsworldwide, such as the Whitney in New York, and theStedelijk in Amsterdam.
