Josh Smith: Finding Emo / Keyhole

Publisher: Xavier Hufkens

Publication Date: 2024

Text by Megan Lang

A double catalogue covering two manifestations at Xavier Hufkens gallery by Josh Smith, who is known for painting series of simple yet highly distinctive visual motifs. Part of the New York-based artist’s ongoing process of image production and experimentation, the paintings are autonomous entities but also part of a larger “family” of interrelated works. ‘Finding Emo’ (2019) featured new paintings and monotypes depicting the Grim Reaper. Following on that was ‘Keyhole’ (2022), in which Smith showed a new series of large-format paintings and figurative monotypes in which he addresses abstraction, expanding on this recurrent theme in terms of scale, palette, and energy.

Details

Publisher: Xavier Hufkens

Artist: Josh Smith

Publication Date: 2024

ISBN: 9789491245343

Retail: $46

Status: Available

Binding: Hardcover

Dimensions: 8.6 × 11.4 in

Pages: 168

Artist and Contributors

Josh Smith

Josh Smith (b. 1976) is a New York- and Tennessee-based painter who also works with collage, sculpture, printmaking, and artist’s books. Smith’s work engages in a celebratory and prolific project of experimentation and refinement—upending the conventions of painting while simultaneously commanding a deep awareness of its history.

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