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Sam McKinniss
b. 1985, Northfield, Minnesota, USA · American · Based in New York, New York, USA
- University of Hartford, Connecticut
- New York University, New York
- Oil Painting
- Pastel
Sam McKinniss is an American artist working across Painting. The practice centers on celebrity, film, animals and art-historical images repainted with earnestness that complicates distinctions between popular and canonical culture. In relation to Contemporary figurative painting, formal decisions remain closely tied to the cultural, social and material conditions surrounding the work.
Contemporary figurative painting
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Sam McKinniss: I Want Your Attention
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