JIM SHAW (B. 1952)
Stocks Painting
signed and dated 'J Shaw 2007' (on the overlap)
oil on canvas mounted on wooden board
82 x 121.5 cm. (32 ¼ x 47.7.8 in.)
Executed in 2006.
PROVENANCE
Metro Pictures, New York
Famous as a collector of American junk, including a trove of thrift store paintings once sought by art collector Charles Saatchi, Jim Shaw draws on his vast stores of pop cultural artifacts in his work. The My Mirage (1986–91) project comprises nearly 170 drawings, silkscreens, photographs, sculptures, films, and paintings based on a Shaw stand-in called Billy, who grows from childhood to psychosis to born-again Christianity. Billy exists amid a 1960s and ’70s visual overload of pulp novels, comic books, records, and psychedelic posters. The artist’s Oism project, initiated in the late 1990s, explores his fictional religion through media including video installations (recalling both Busby Berkeley musicals and 1980s aerobics videos) and found paintings in the “Oist style.” Shaw’s richly layered practice takes liberally from both art history (Art Brut, Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dalí, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst) and America’s vernacular of coffeemakers and zombie films.
1952 born in Midland, MI, US
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, US
1974 BFA, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, MI, US
1978 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, CA, US
One-person exhibitions:
2017
(Forthcoming) The Wig Museum, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, US
Massimo De Carlo, Milan, IT
2016
Rather Fear God, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
Rather Fear God, Praz-Delavallade & Vedovi, Brussels, BE
2015-2016
The End Is Here, New Museum, New York, NY, US
Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
Entertaining Doubts, Mass MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, US
2014-2015
Jim Shaw. Oeuvres choisies : dessins – peintures – sculptures – vidéo, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, CH
2014
The Hidden World. Jim Shaw / Didactic Art Collection, Centre Dürrenmatt, Neuchâtel, CH
I Only Wanted You To Love Me, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
2013-2014
The Hidden World. Jim Shaw / Didactic Art Collection, Chalet Society, Paris, FR
Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
2013
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, US
Peter Saul, Jim Shaw: Drawings, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, US
Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
2012-2013
The Rinse Cycle, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
2012
Dreams, BFAS, Geneva, CH (in collaboration with Metro Pictures, New York)
Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
2011
Thrilling Stories from the Book of "O", Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
Cakes, Men in Pain, White Rectangles, Devil in the Details, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA, US
2010
Left Behind, CAPC - Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FR
Bernier/Eliades, Athens, GR
2009
Wet Dreams, Erotic Dream Drawings by Jim Shaw, Praz-Delavallade (space II), Paris, FR
The Whole: A Study in Oist Integrated Movement, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
2008
Extraordinary Rendition, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA, US
Jim Shaw: New Arrivals, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
2007
Dr. Goldfoot and His Bikini Bombs, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
2012: Montezuma’s Revenge, Praz-Delavallade, Berlin, DE
The Hole, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
The Donner Party, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, NY, US
Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, IT
Distorted Faces & Portraits 1978-2007, Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva, CH
2006
My Mirage 1986-1991, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, NY, US
2006-2007
DO (I was in my Japenese gallery/museum in Japan...), Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA, US
Left Behind #8, 9, 10, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA, US
2006
Vise Head, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA, US
Bernier/Eliades, Athens, GR
Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK
Vise Head, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA, US
2005
The Inky Depths/The Woman in the Wilderness, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
Art & Public, Geneva, CH
Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
The Dream That Was No More A Dream, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA, US
2004
O, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, CH
Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK
2003
Kill Your Darlings, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA, US
Kill Your Darlings, Bernier/Eliades, Athens, GR
O, Le Magasin, Grenoble, FR
Drawings, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
Drawings, Studies, O-ism, Art & Public, Geneva, CH
2002
The Rite of the 360° Degree, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
The Goodman Image File and Study, Swiss Institute, New York, NY, US
Oist Thrift Store Paintings, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, IT
2001
The Artist’s World, Logan Galleries, CCAC Institute, San Francisco, CA, US
Dreamt of Drawings, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London, UK
Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, IT
2000
Thrift Store Paintings, ICA, London, UK
Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA, US
Everything Must Go (curated by Sue Spaid), MAMCO, Geneva, CH; travels to The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, US
Johnen + Schottle, Köln, DE
1999
Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
Everything Must Go, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg, LU (traveling retrospective)
1998
Drawings (curated by Peter Weiermair), Rupertinum - Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Salzburg, AT
Eccentric Drawing (curated by Peter Weiermair), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, DE
1997
The Deep, Tokyo, JP
Bookbeat, Detroit, IL, US
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
1996
Massimo de Carlo, Milan, IT
The Sleep of Reason, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
Dreams, Cabinet Gallery, London, UK
1995
I Dreamed I Was Performing in an Alternative Space in My Maidenform Bra, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
Dreams, Galerie Andreas Brändström, Stockholm, SE
What Exactly is a Dream and What Exactly is a Joke..., Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, US
1994
Dreams That Money Can Buy, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US
1993
Dreams That Money Can Buy, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
Dreams That Money Can Buy, Linda Cathcart Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
1992
Life and Death, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX, US
Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
Horror A Vacui (with Benjamin Weissman), Linda Cathcart Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, IT
1991
Thrift Store Paintings, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
New Works from My Mirage, Linda Cathcart Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
1990
My Mirage, Linda Cathcart Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
My Mirage, Matrix Gallery, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA; travels to St Louis Museum of Art, St Louis, MO; Feature Inc., New York, NY, US
Thrift Store Paintings, Brand Library, Glendale, CA, US
1989
Dennis Anderson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
1986
The Nuclear Family, EZTV, Los Angeles, CA, US
1981
Life and Death, Zero Zero Club, Los Angeles, CA, US
Group exhibitions:
2017
I Love L.A., Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, CA, US
2016
Realisms, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, RU
Un autre monde (((Dans notre monde))), Galerie du Jour Agnès B., Maison de la poésie, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, FR
Collection(s) et nouveaux ensembles monographiques, Mamco, Geneva, CH
Physical: Sex and the Body in the 1980s, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA, US
A History: Contemporary Art from the Centre Pompidou, Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE
DO IT, Hab Galerie, Nantes, FR (organised by Frac des Pays de la Loire)
On verra bien, Galerie du Jour Agnès B., Paris, FR
Nothing Compares to You (works from the collection of Martin & Rebecca Eisenberg), Riverview School, Cape Cod, MA, US
2015-2016
Drawing. The Bottom Line, S.M.A.K., Ghent, BE
2015
Free Admission, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
Better Than De Kooning, Villa Merkel, Esslingen am Neckar, DE
Collecting Lines - Drawings from the Ringier Collection, Villa Flora, Winterthur, CH
Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector, Barbican Centre, London, UK
The Making of Personal Theory: Mysticism and Metaphysics in the Work of Sara Kathryn Arledge, Charles Irvin, and Jim Shaw, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, US
Dominos, CIRCUIT, Lausanne, CH
2014-2015
What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art from 1960 to the Present (curated by Dan Nadel), RISD Museum, Providence, RI, US
do it (homage), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT, US; travels to Michaelis School of Fine Art, Capte Town, ZA; Garage Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU
Selections from The Permanent Collection, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA, US
Onetorino: Shit and Die (organized by M. Cattelan, M. Ben Salah & M. Papini), Palazzo Cavour, Turin, IT (by invitation of Artissima)
2014
The Century of The Bed (curated by Vienna 2014), Galerie Steinek, Wien, AT
As I Run And Run, Happiness Comes Closer (curated by Jérôme Sans), Emerige, Paris, FR
The Crime Was Almost Perfect (curated by Cristina Ricupero), Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
Nothing Twice, Tadeusz Kantor Centre - Cricoteka, Krakow, PL
Hearsay: Artists Reveal Urban Legends (curated by Wendy Sherman), California State University Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA, US
Grey Flags (curated by Timothée Chaillou), BackSlash Gallery, Paris, FR
VEILS (curated by J. Dahl & A. Papademetropoulos), The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, CA, US
The Crime Was Almost Perfect (curated by Cristina Ricupero), PAC - Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT
My Little Boat of Sorrow, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
2013-2014
Donation Florence et Daniel Guerlain, MNAM - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
2013
Oeuvres de la collection Philippe Cohen (curated by Ami Barak), Passage de Retz, Paris, FR
The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things (curated by Mark Leckey), The Bluecoat, London, UK
XXXL Painting (organized by the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen), Submarine Wharf, Rotterdam, NL
Nuage, Musée Réattu, Arles, FR
I'm Dreaming About A Reality, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, FR
Il Palazzo Enciclopedico / The Encyclopedic Palace (curated by Massimiliano Gioni) in The 55th Venice Biennale, The Arsenale, Venezia, IT
More Young Americans (curated by Susanne Van Hagen), L'Enclos des Bernardins, Hôtel de Miramion, Paris, FR
Coulisses, Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux, FR
Untitled. Works on Paper, Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris, FR
do it, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
2012-2013
Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, US
LOST (in LA) (curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, presented by FLAX), Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA, US
2012
Artists Merchandising Art (organized by René Luckhardt & Judith Rohrmoser), Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, DE / Los Angeles, CA, US
Poule! (curated by Michel Blancsubé), Fundación/Colección Jumex, Ecatepec, MX
Dogma (curated by Gianni Jetzer), Metro Pictures, New York, NY, US
Panegyric, Forde, Geneva, CH
For The Martian Chronicles, L&M Arts, Venice, CA, US
2011-2012
Destroy All Monsters: 1973-1976, Prism Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
Incongru. Quand l'art fait rire, Musée cantonnal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH
2011
Interchange, Exchange LA, Los Angeles, CA, US
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