Steve Smith. February 4th — March 11th, 2005.
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Ma is Buried in the Back 40
2004, 31.5" x 43.5"
acrylic on found painting
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Championissimo
2004, 28.5" x 40.25"
ink and acrylic on paper
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Untitled (Dog)
2004, 14.75" x 12"
acrylic on found painting
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Untitled (Man)
2004, 8.75" x 10.75"
acrylic on found painting
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That Boy Ain't Right
2004, 16.25" x 19.25"
acrylic on found painting
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In the Tetons
2004, 44.25" x 28"
acrylic on found painting
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Red Meatyard
2004, 28.5" x 40.25"
ink and acrylic on paper
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Peace
2004, 27" x 23.25"
acrylic on found painting
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Untitled
2004, 27" x 23.25"
ink and acrylic on found painting
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The Town #1
2004, 5.5" x 7.75"
3D acrylic cut-out shadow box
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The Town #2
2004, 5.5" x 7.75"
3D acrylic cut-out shadow box
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The Town #3
2004, 5.5" x 7.75"
3D acrylic cut-out shadow box
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The Town #4
2004, 5.5" x 7.75"
3D acrylic cut-out shadow box
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The Town #5
2004, 5.5" x 7.75"
3D acrylic cut-out shadow box
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The Town #6
2004, 5.5" x 7.75"
3D acrylic cut-out shadow box
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The Town #7
2004, 5.5" x 7.75"
3D acrylic cut-out shadow box
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Untitled
2004, 26" x 22"
acrylic on found painting
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Fallen Angel
2004, 15" x 13"
acrylic on found painting
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Loathed
2004, 16.75" x 20.75"
acrylic on found painting
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Pim and Francie
51.75" x 22.5"
acrylic on found painting
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La Flor Luchadora
2004, 25.75" x 31.5"
acrylic on found painting
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The Good Son
2004, 16.25" x 22.25"
acrylic on found painting
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The Beach is a Gas
2004, 52" x 28"
acrylic on found painting
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Will Save the Day For Food
2004, 28.5" x 40.25"
ink and acrylic on paper
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The God of Thunder Wore Pantaloons (Gene in Blue)
2004, 25.5" x 31.5"
acrylic on found painting
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The Sock Ate My Penis
2004, 51.5" x 27.75"
acrylic on found painting
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Extra 1
2004, 40.25" x 28"
acrylic on found painting
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Extra 2
2004, 15" x 13"
acrylic on found painting
Artist's Statement
For ten years, I have been working to complete a body of art that focuses on the under belly of personal emotional dialog. Primarily questions of my own physical abilities (or lack thereof) and intellectual shortcomings. Coupled with an intense interest in the extremes to which people go to toward achieving satisfaction, be it physical, spiritual, emotional or sexual.
Like the Austrian and German Expressionists before me, I've attempted to open doors to a world that may be uncomfortable for some to step into. A glaring reality that uses humor as a vehicle to convey scenarios, which the viewer is undeniably attracted to, though generally left with a sense of shamed arousal. I desire to take this a step further with my newest body of work and actually force the viewer to take an unabashed look at their own past.
A majority of these 'found paintings' are what could have hung on the walls of their childhood homes, or perhaps on the walls of a grandparent's house. One could feel quite at ease looking at the atypical art liquidation style sofa painting, yet simultaneously feel a bit unnerved taking in the conflicting added image. These people aren't supposed to be there, or are they? Perhaps they were all that was missing from these previously assumed finished pieces.
Much like looking into a mirror and only barely recognizing the face that's looking back, my hope is to convey what could only be described as an uncomfortable familiarity.