Michael Krueger - Every Which Way But Loose - New Prints
Exhibition: May 3, 2012 - May 31, 2012
Opening: Thursday, May 3, 2012 6 pm - 8 pm
Blackburn 20|20
Gallery hours: By appointment (Pls call 646.416.6226)
RBPMW is pleased to announce the opening of Michael Krueger - Every Which Way But Loose - New Prints.
On view will be three distinct bodies of work reflecting Krueger's deep interest in American history, contemporary American culture, and personal memoir.
The large lithographs, Most Likely and Changing of the Guards draw inspiration from the depictions of the American West by 19th Century artists Thomas Moran & Alfred Bierstadt. While still portraying nature at it's most grand, Krueger forgoes the realist color palette in favor of almost sci-fi hues, creating warm but cautious vignettes of escapism that beckon a review of how we as a nation reconcile nature.
Hippie Papers explore themes of utopianism and euphoria in hippy communes and cults. These prints mimic late 1960’s and early 1970’s hippy posters and underground newspaper formats. Krueger imbues these nostalgic reproductions with a sense of optimism and decadence, tempered with tenderness and hopelessness
Krueger's own personal memoir is presented in Detention, Evil Acid and Drown Giant. Printed and published by RBPMW in 2007, these prints are direct references to collected ephemera from Krueger’s high school days.
Narrative is a powerful force in our everyday life and Krueger believes we all long for an unfolding of the ordinary into the mythic. Searching for the extraordinary in everyday life, Krueger looks at history and landscape, as means to better understand a world that is built on past events and memories.
Michael Krueger was born on January 5, 1967 in Kenosha Wisconsin. He has given over 100 lectures and workshops including, Cranbrook Academy of Art, RISD, City College of New York, Edinburgh College of Art and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA. He has recently had solo shows at Sunday L.E.S., New York, NY, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Recent group exhibitions include, KRETS Gallery, Malmo, Sweden, Baer Ridgeway, San Francisco, CA, Ambacher Contemporary, Munich, Germany, Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland, UK, Adam Baumgold, New York, NY, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, NY The Drawing Center, New York, NY, Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA and the Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
Image: Michael Krueger, Most Likely, You Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine), lithograph, 2012, 34 x 44 inches.