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Red GroomsWW-1965-135715

1965·Collage of brush and black ink and brush and gray wash, over touches of graphite, and cut-and-pasted ivory wove paper, on ivory wove paper·45.5 × 61.1 cm (17 15/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

<p>Grooms briefly attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in the fall 1955. The artist has said that at SAIC he was a “restless and undisciplined student” who “wanted action not [an] education.” Grooms spent most of his time at SAIC in the library, studying the art of Francis Bacon, Jean Dubuffet, and Bernard Buffet. His time at the school came to an abrupt end when, as the artist explained, “One day I walked out leaving everything in my locker.” Recognized for his lively depictions of urban life, in this collage Grooms portrayed a favorite motif, a crowded city street.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1965
Medium: Collage of brush and black ink and brush and gray wash, over touches of graphite, and cut-and-pasted ivory wove paper, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 45.5 × 61.1 cm (17 15/16 × 24 1/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Red Grooms

Artist

Red Grooms

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Red Grooms creates large-scale, interactive sculptural installations and mixed-media works saturated with cartoonish satire and vernacular Americana. Since the 1970s, his crowded, playful tableaux of urban life, most famously Ruckus Manhattan (1975), populate architectural spaces with life-sized wooden figures whose exaggeration and irreverence expose the grit and absurdity beneath everyday spectacle.

Nashville, TN, USA

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