Sam McKinniss

Sam McKinniss
Born 1985 (age 32–33)
Northfield, Minnesota
Nationality American
Known for Painting

Sam McKinniss (born 1985) is an American abstract and figurative postmodern painter based in Brooklyn.[1]

Education

White Roses in a Short Glass (after Fantin-Latour), 2016, oil and acrylic on canvas, 9" x 12"

Sam McKinniss was born in Minnesota[2] and grew up in Connecticut.[3] He graduated from the Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland in 2005. He received a BFA in painting from the Hartford Art School in Hartford, Connecticut in 2007, and an MFA from the Steinhardt School at the New York University in 2013.[4]

Work

McKinniss's work has been shown in galleries and museums since 2005. His first solo show in New York, entitled "Black Leather Sectional," opened at Joe Sheftel Gallery in May 2015 and his first solo show in Los Angeles, "Dear Metal Thing," opened at Team Bungalow in June 2015.[2] His show "Egyptian Violet" opened at Team Gallery in New York in October 2016.[5]

McKinniss paints in two distinct but complementary practices: representational works which are both seductive and funereal; and grey-scale abstractions. The two styles provide tension and counterpoint within his oeuvre.

In his figurative painting, McKinniss works from photographs, found images as well as pictures he took. His subjects include reclining male nudes, floral still lifes, and images from popular culture. McKinniss develops a symbolist vocabulary for contemporary figurative painting; he sources material primarily from online image searching.[6]

McKinniss is interested in moments of unexpected emotional conflict, aggression and sexuality, defensiveness and vulnerability, pathos and humor. Seemingly disparate pop cultural icons are portrayed without cynicism in the artist's fluent painterly style. McKinniss' work is influenced by a number of eras in the history of painting, from the Baroque and Mannerist to Imagism and Abstract Expressionism.

Of particular importance to McKinniss' practice are the works of Henri Fantin-Latour, a figurative French painter of the 19th Century who is known for his floral still-lives. Both McKinniss and Fantin-Latour work seek to access and distill the magic and pathos of Symbolism while limiting themselves to the knowable world: each is at once consumer and creator, curator and originator, spectator and carnivore.

McKinniss painted a series of "men in repose" for the second issue of Adult.[2] His painting of Lorde was the cover art of her 2017 album Melodrama[7] NME magazine selected the cover for their list of the best album art of the 21st century so far[8] and it received praise from commentators at Billboard,[9] Paste[10] and Fuse.[11]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Dear Metal Thing, Team (Bungalow), Venice, California, 2015[12]
  • Egyptian Violet, Team Gallery, New York, New York, October 2016[13]
  • Daisy Chain, Team (Bungalow), Venice Beach, California, January 7 – February 25, 2018[14]

Group exhibitions

  • 1999: A Group Exhibition, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, New York, 2016[15]
  • Catastrophe, Albert Merola Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 2016 (curated by John Waters)[16]
  • BOTÁNICA, Curated by Todd Von Ammon, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2017[17]

Award

  • New Boston Fund Individual Artist Fellowship, Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford, Connecticut, 2009[18]

Further reading

  • Eckardt, Stephanie (December 14, 2017). "In the Studio with Sam McKinniss, the Unapologetic Painter of 'Perverted" Internet Culture'". W.
  • Tolentino, Jia (March 24, 2017). "The Artist Sam McKinniss on Capturing Lorde in the Twilight". The New Yorker.
  • Yerebakan, Osman (February 3, 2017). "Purple Reign". Cultured.
  • Fateman, Johanna (January 2017). "Sam McKinniss" (pdf). Artforum.
  • "Sam McKinniss: The Artist on his new Paintings" (pdf). Modern Painters. October–November 2016.
  • Colucci, Emily (October 21, 2016). "Bathing In The Purple Rain At Sam McKinniss' 'Egyptian Violet'". Art F City.
  • Droitcour, Brian (October 20, 2016). "Sam McKinniss". Art in America.

References

  1. ↑ Huggins, Kristin (March 3, 2017). "The Artist Behind Lorde's Album Cover Wanted To Capture Youth in All It's Glory". Vogue. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  2. 1 2 3 Prickett, Sarah Nicole (June 9, 2015). "Sam McKinniss". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  3. ↑ Tolentino, Jia (March 24, 2017). "The Artist Sam McKinniss on Capturing Lorde in the Twilight". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Students - M.F.A. Studio Art - NYU Steinhardt". steinhardt.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  5. ↑ Pini, Gary (2016-10-12). "9 Must-See Art Shows Opening This Week". PAPERMAG. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  6. ↑
    • Powers, Bill (October 13, 2016). "'It has to be tragic or somewhat manic-depressive': A talk with Sam McKinniss". Artnews. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ Eckardt, Stephanie. "The Story Behind Lorde's New Album Cover, From the Artist Who Created It". W Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  8. ↑ Milton, Jamie (20 November 2017). "The best album artwork of the 21st Century so far". NME. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  9. ↑ Cirisano, Tatiana (27 December 2017). "25 Best & Worst Album Covers of 2017". Billboard. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  10. ↑ Oshinsky, Matthew (14 December 2017). "The 40 Best Album Covers of 2017". Paste. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "The Best Album Covers of 2017". Fuse. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Sam McKinniss : Dear Metal Thing". teamgal.com.
  13. ↑ "Sam McKinniss : Egyptian Violet". teamgal.com.
  14. ↑ "Sam McKinniss : Daisy Chain". teamgal.com.
  15. ↑ "The Fireplace Project". www.thefireplaceproject.com.
  16. ↑ "James Balla". ALBERT MEROLA GALLERY.
  17. ↑ "Botánica - Exhibitions - Berggruen Gallery". www.berggruen.com.
  18. ↑ "Greater Hartford Arts Council". www.letsgoarts.org.
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