Kenny Scharf
FLORES BLACK, 2020 - Shaped aluminum with black flock mounted to a polished stainless steel base with flocked feet, 63.5 x 53 cm
Flores Pink, 2021 - Shaped Aluminum with Pink Flock Mounted to a polished stainless steel base with flocked feet, 63.5 × 53.3 × 10.2 cm
Flores Pink, 2022 - Archival pigment inks with high glass varnish and diamond dust on Innova Etching cotton rag 315 gsm fine art paper, 106.7 × 137.2 cm
PARADIS PERDU (CUTOUT), 2022 - Cutout from shaped powder-coated aluminum, printed the same on each side with UV-cured archival inks, clear coated and mounted to a footed polished aluminum base, 61 × 81.3 10.2 cm
Biography:
Kenny Scharf is an American painter who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.F.A. in 1980 with a major in painting at the School of Visual Arts located in Manhattan, New York City.
Scharf's works consist of painting pop culture icons in a science fiction setting, such as the Flintstones and the Jetsons. He is most well known for his work in the 1980s interdisciplinary art scene.
Kenny Scharf was most known for his work in the East Village, Manhattan art scene of the 1980s, with shows at Fun gallery (1981) and Tony Shafrazi (1984), before seeing his work embraced by museums, such as the Whitney, which selected him for the 1985 Whitney Biennial. It was during this time that he did the cover art for the B-52s' fourth studio album, Bouncing off the Satellites.