A series of new semi-abstract oil paintings by the American artist.
In this collection of new paintings we find the artist at perhaps his most painterly; familiar themes and motives remain, but scale, color and mark-making show a commitment to pushing his craft into complex and uncharted directions.
At moments tightly controlled and at others free-form, the works transcend style as McHargue reaches for something not only visually engaging and reflective of the mood of our current world, but also something outside this realm entirely in ways that only painting can.
For the past two decades, Keegan McHargue has concerned himself with the tension between tragedy and comedy that lies in the undercurrents of everyday life, while letting his work develop its own unique narrative. McHargue's semi-abstract oil paintings blend identifiable figures and motifs with objects of the artist's imagination.
Born 1982 in Portland, Oregon, Keegan McHargue lives and works in New York. He has been depicted as "a magnificent maker of intense, busily illustrated drawings and paintings that warp perspective and combine imagery more as if in a dream than in reality". (Sarah Valdez, 2006).
Keegan McHargue has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world, such as Fredericks & Freiser, New York; Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco; Deitch Projects, New York; Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo;
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris; MACRO Museum, Rome; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; DESTE Foundation, Athens. He is part of permanent collections including Deste Foundation of the Contemporary Arts, Athens; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA. as well as many others.
