 Study for Weekend in Pleasant Valley, 2006 Oil on paper, 25 x 30 1/4 inches Martin Mull Martin Mull's new works on paper continue his visual and conceptual engagement with deconstructing modern American culture. Mining images from the 1940s to 1960s and using his distinctive photorealistic style, Mull creates narrative pastiches which often resemble old family photos or images drawn from a huge, collective image bank. At times outright amusing, the slightly noire and often surreal compositions render the works unsettling and enquiring rather than nostalgic or sentimental. Mull was raised on a farm in Western Ohio and attended the Rhode Island School of Design for both his BFA and MFA. Mull has had numerous solo shows and is currently the subject of a traveling retrospective organized by the Las Vegas Museum of Art, Nevada. His work has been acquired by many museum collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. He currently lives and has a studio in Los Angeles, California. Exhibition: April 12 - May 19, 2007 Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 10:30am - 5:30pm, Sat 11am - 5pm Rena Bransten Gallery 77 Geary Street (between Kearny and Grant Streets) USA-San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone +1 415 982-3292 Fax +1 415 982-1807 Email info@renabranstengallery.com www.renabranstengallery.com |
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