Artist at opening of Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston. Source: The Jewish Museum.
Please join us on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at 6 PM for a conversation between artist Trenton Doyle Hancock and David Norr, partner and co-owner of James Cohan. This event is presented in conjunction with Torpedoboy and the Revisionist Mystery, Hancock’s eighth solo exhibition with the gallery, on view at 52 Walker St through December 21, 2024.
For almost 30 years, Trenton Doyle Hancock has intertwined a materially innovative and accumulative approach to painting with unflinching self-examination, incisive cultural commentary, and worldbuilding. Drawing from omnivorous realms of influence–from the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and Stanley Whitney to Lee Bontecou and the RAW comic anthologies of the 1980–Hancock creates a syncretic and ever-evolving epic narrative. Within this fantastical universe, he contends with American identity, artistic legacy, and autobiography, shot through with pathos and humor.
This exhibition is presented concurrently with the artist’s museum exhibition, Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston, at The Jewish Museum in New York. On view from November 8, 2024, through March 30, 2025, the exhibition brings together the work of two trailblazing artists of different generations—whose lives, both personal and creative, share unexpected and often remarkable connections.
This event is free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Entry at 6 PM, discussion begins promptly at 6:30 PM.
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