Thaddeus Strode
Book (italiano):
<DIV><DIV>Thaddeus Strode's vibrant large-scale paintings are universes unto themselves: wild mash-ups of California surf and skateboard culture, Zen philosophy, rock music, literature, film, and comic books. <I>Absolutes and Nothings</I> marks the artist's first major museum show, presented as part of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum's Contemporary Projects series. <BR> Strode's images draw on a wealth of motifs inspired by a broad range of sources in popular culture, freely combined with the artist's own creations. The strength and visual pleasure of Strode's aesthetic come from his self-reflexive combination of painterly styles and incongruous elements, in which enigmatic texts, phantoms, monsters, and castaways play off one another to produce cryptic—and captivating—fantasies. Including over two dozen full-color images of works from 2001 to the present, as well as essays by Sabine Eckmann, Meredith Malone, and Benjamin Weissman, <I>Absolutes and Nothings</I> is a fascinating premier monograph from one of our most vital and exciting contemporary visual artists.</DIV></DIV>
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