Past Exhibition
- Rob Pruitt
Rob Pruitt’s 50th Birthday Bash
Greenwich May 8th to September 30th, 2015
ROB PRUITT
ROB PRUITT’S 50TH BIRTHDAY BASH
The Brant Foundation is pleased to present Rob Pruitt’s 50th Birthday Bash, a solo exhibition of works by Rob Pruitt, on view in Greenwich, CT.
“I’m having a show at The Brant Foundation Art Study Center – and it’s my 50th birthday! I feel a certain warmth at the thought of these two events coinciding this May. The invitation to show my work in the beautiful converted barn on The Brant Foundation property is so appealing to me as I’ve admired Peter’s collecting since my days as a wee art handler at the Sonnabend Gallery where I remember Peter coming into look at the latest Koonses. Since then, his collection has grown to include the work of friends whom I admire greatly, and I’ve been happy and proud to be able to say that some of my own works have entered that company… But I digress. What I really want to say is that I’m excited by the opportunity to present my work in a space that is not another anonymous white cube. One might look through the Study Center’s windows and see the family’s horses in the surrounding fields. Just across the street sits a house where Brant kids do homework and holidays are celebrated. It’s not a typical institution but a thoughtful succession of rooms with a palpable connection to a real family. These rooms have already begun to develop their own legacy through the shows that have come before me, and they reflect the connoisseurship of a family I’ve grown quite fond of.” – Rob Pruitt
Programs and Events:
Rob Pruitt’s 50th Birthday Bash Exhibition Announcement
Rob Pruitt’s Art Ideas You Can Do Yourself Contest
Rob Pruitt’s 50th Birthday Bash Exhibition Catalogue
Rob Pruitt Instameet at The Brant Foundation
Brant Foundation Lecture Series: In conversation with Rob Pruitt and Tom Eccles
Artist Biography
Rob Pruitt
Rob Pruitt was born in 1964 in Washington, D.C. and now lives and works in New York.
Pruitt attended Corcoran College of Art and Design and Parsons School of Design.
Rob Pruitt has exhibited extensively in New York and internationally; in 2013 the Aspen Art Museum held his mid-career retrospective.
SOLO
| 2016 |
Rob Pruitt Flea Market, LAND, Los Angeles, CAFlea Market, LAND, Los Angeles, CA 2015Flea market, A plus A Gallery, Venice Italy |
| 2015 |
Rob Pruitt, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, DetroitRob Pruitt, The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwhich, CT Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market, AplusA Gallery, Venice, Italy |
| 2014 |
ARTLOVERS, Grimaldi Forum, MonacoThree Blind Mice, Museum Dhondt Daenens, Deurle, BelgiumStruktur & Organismus, Mühldorf, Austria |
| 2013 |
Us, Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandWild Life, Karma, Amagansett, NYThe Last Panda, Gavin Brown’s enterprise at 436 W. 15th St., New YorkRob Pruitt: An American Folk Artist, Aspen Art Museum, AspenThe Suicide Paintings, Massimo de Carlo, London, UK |
| 2012 |
The Andy Monument, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TXFaces: People and Pandas, Massimo de Carlo, Milan, ItalyHistory of the World, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyFlea Market, La Monnaie de Paris, Paris, May 19thFlea Market, The Fireplace Project, Easthampton, NY, August 18th & 19thPattern & Degradation Book signing, Karma Bookstore, New York, March 10thResort Collection for Jimmy Choo |
| 2011 |
Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TXThe Andy Monument, Public Art Fund, New York Air de Paris, Paris, France |
| 2010 |
Pattern and Degradation, Gavin Brown’s enterprise & Maccarone, New YorkiPaintings, Franco Noero Gallery, Torino, ItalyPop Touched Me Book Launch/Autograph Collection, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New YorkThe Second Annual Rob Pruitt Art Awards, Guggenheim Museum & White Columns, New York, December 9thFlea Market, Opening Ceremony at Ace Hotel, New York, October 9th |
| 2009 |
Franco Noero Gallery, Torino, ItalyLook What I’ve Done: Rob Pruitt Works 1989 – 2009, Carlson, London, United KingdomThe First Annual Rob Pruitt Art Awards, Guggenheim Museum & White Columns, New York, October 29Flea Market, Tate Modern Turbine Hall, London, UK December 21 |
| 2008 |
iPhotos, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New YorkPower House, Memphis, TNAmerican Academy in Rome, ItalyMaster Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach |
| 2007 |
Flea Market, Frieze Art Fair, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, London, October 11 -14th |
| 2006 |
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New YorkAir de Paris, ParisBergdorf Goodman window display, sponsored by the New Museum, New York |
| 2004 |
Paris in Tokyo, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, JapanParis in Rome, Roma Roma Roma, Rome, Italy |
| 2003 |
Surreal Estate, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York (with Jonathan Horowitz) |
| 2002 |
Air de Paris, Paris, FranceLe Consortium, Dijon, FranceColette, Paris, FranceChina Art Objects Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 2001 |
Franco Noero Gallery, Torino, ItalyPandas and Bamboo, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York 101 Art Ideas You Can Do Yourself, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2000 |
Psychic Predictions For The New Millennium & Things To Do With Lemons, Cabinet Gallery, London, UKFlea Market, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, June 16th, 17th & 18th |
| 1999 |
101 Art Ideas You Can Do Yourself, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York |
| 1993 |
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, ItalyMulier & Mulier, Knokke, Belgium |
| 1992 |
Red, Black, Green, Red, White, and Blue, Leo Castelli Gallery, New YorkGalerie Rachel Lehmann, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 1991 |
APAC, Centre d'art Contemporian, Nevers, FranceStuart Regen Gallery, Los AngelesEsther Schipper, Cologne, GermanyDaniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany |
| 1990 |
303 Gallery, New York |
GROUP
| 2016 |
Meow, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA Shrines to Speed, Leila Heller Gallery, New York Tomorrow is a new day, Private boat, Quai Antoine Ier, Pontons Riva, Monaco Image Tech: Making Pictures in a Post-Digital Age, TCNJ Art Gallery, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ |
| 2014 |
Painter’s Painters: Gifts from Alex Katz, High Museum of Art, Atlanta G I R L, Gallerie Perrotin, Paris, France (Curated by Pharrell Williams) Empire State, Gallerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris, France |
| 2013 |
An-Americana, co-organized by the American Academy in Rome and Depart Foundation, American Academy in Rome (curated by Vincenzo de Bellis) The Cat Show, White Columns, New York (curated by Rhonda Lieberman) Empire State, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy (curated by Norman Rosenthal and Alex Gartenfeld) BEER, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI |
| 2012 |
Funny, Flag Art Foundation, New York R4, Special FIAC Project, Ile Seguin, Paris, France Infinite Jest, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland Arthur Rainbow, Air de Paris, Paris, France |
| 2011 |
Number Five: Cities of Gold and Mirrors, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany Grisaille, Luxembourg & Dayan, New York Bed Bugs, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York |
| 2010 |
It’s All American, New Jersey MoCA, Asbury Park, NJ At Home/Not at Home, Hessel Museum of Art, New York |
| 2009 |
Pop life: Art in a Material World, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom The living and the dead, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York Whaddaya Wanna Be, a Flower?! Alexander and Bonin, New York Mapping the Studio, Punta Della Dogana/Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy (curated by Alison Gingeras) |
| 2008 |
The Station, Art Basel Miami, Miami (co-curated by Shamim Momin and Nate Lowman) Malcolm McLaren – Musical Paintings, Schiebler Mitte, Berlin, Germany (curated by Bernd Wurlitzer) Pretty Ugly, Gavin Brown’s enterprise and Maccarone, New York (curated by Alison Gingeras) Who’s Afraid of Jasper Johns?, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York (conceived by Urs Fischer and Gavin Brown) Depreciation and Devastation, Passerby, New York (curated by Gavin Brown and Tony Just) Sunshine, Rental Gallery, New York (curated by Darren Bader and Ritter/Zamet) |
| 2007 |
She was Born to be my Unicorn, Smith-Stewart, New York |
| 2006 |
The Gold Standard, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York The Inside Game, Portland Art Center, Portland (curated by Joel Leib) Celebrity, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York The Name of the Show Is Not ‘Gay Art Now, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York (curated by Jack Pierson) Survivor, Bortolami Dayan, New York (curated by David Rimanelli) Strictement Confidentiel. A partir de la collection Gensollen, Centre International d’Art et du Paysage, Ile de Vassiviere, France (curated by Chiara Parisi) (cat.) |
| 2005 |
Interstate, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York (curated by Adam McEwen) General Ideas: Rethinking Conceptual Art 1987-2005, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco Drunk Vs. Stoned 2, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York Seeing Double, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA Trade, White Columns, New York, NY (brochure) The Finale Floor Show, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium 100 artists see God, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA |
| 2004 |
Open, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA For all, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Netherlands No More Reality, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2003 |
Inaugural Exhibition, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York Franco Noero Gallery, Torino, Italy Summer Group Show, China Art Objects Gallery, Los Angeles Following and to Be Followed (coming back), Le Consortium, Dijon, France ...still or sparkling?, John Connelly Presents, New York Bright Lights, Big City, David Zwirner Gallery, New York |
| 2002 |
Shanghai Biennale, Shangai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (cat.) Something, Anything, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (curated by Nayland Blake) Spot the diferrence, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands De Gustibus, Palazzo dela Papesse, Siena, Spain |
| 2001 |
China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles The Americans New Art, Barbican Gallery, London, UK Two Friends and so on, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles (curated by Jonathan Horowitz and Rob Pruitt) Vantage Point, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland The Silk Purse Procedure, Arnolfini and Spike Island, Bristol, UK Salon, Delfina ProjectSpace, London, UK |
| 2000 |
New York Projects, Delfina, London, UK Protest and Survive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK Cool-Aid, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York Two friends and so on, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York (curated by Jonathan Horowitz and Rob Pruitt) Sentimental Education, Deitch Projects, New York (curated by David Rimanelli) Post - POP, Post – PUNK, Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington D.C. |
| 1999 |
Free Coke, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York Village Disco, Cabinet Gallery, London, UK Glassbox, Paris, France Enter Yes, No, Don’t Know, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York |
| 1998 |
Home and Away, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York (curated by Kirsty Bell) Superfreaks; Post Pop and the New Generation, Part 1: Trash, Greene Naftali, New York Sassy Nuggets, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York Hey, You Never Know, New York (curated by Kenny Schachter) |
| 1997 |
Screentest, Oasis Performance Series, New York Thriller, 303 Gallery, New York (curated by Tom Borghese) Recent Acquisitions, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Deitch Projects, New York Inside Out Art Fair, New York (curated by Kenny Schachter) Utopian Art Fair, Hotel 17, New York |
| 1996 |
Circus of the Stars, Hotel 17, New York |
| 1995 |
Alternative Art Fair, Hotel 17, New York In a Different Light, University Art Museum, UC Berkeley, Berkeley Photocollages, Le Consortium, Dijon, France It's Only Rock and Roll, (touring); Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, VA; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR (curated by David S. Rubin) |
| 1993 |
Avantgarde & Kamgagne, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (curated by Jürgen Harten) Teddy & Other Stories, Cladio Botello Arte & Galleria In Arco, Torino, Italy (curated by Luca Beatrice and Cristiana Perrela) In Search of Self, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC Fortryck, Galleri Enkeshuset, Stockholm, Sweden Under 30, Galerie Metropol, Wien, Austria Translations, Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland |
| 1992 |
Objects, Casteli Graphics, New York Post Human (touring), FAE Musee D'Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland; Castello di Rivoli, Museo d' Arte, Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy; Deste Foundation for contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; Deichorhallen, Hamburg, Germany; Rudolph Zwirner Gallery, Cologne Germany (curated by Jeffrey Deitch) Molteplici Culture, Rome, Italy (curated by Liam Gillick) Tattoo Collection, Air de Paris, Paris, France How It Is, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York |
| 1991 |
The Store, Richard Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles New Generaitons: New York, Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA New Work by Gallery Artists, 303 Gallery, New York Louder, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago (curated by Kathryn Hixon) Selections, FAE Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland No Man's Time, Villa Arson, Nice, France |
| 1990 |
Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Washington D.C. Brut '90, White Columns, New York Paintball, 303 Gallery New York (with Richard Prince and Tom Henry III) Stendhal Syndrome: The Cure', Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York Total Metal, Simon Watson, New York (curated by Richard Phillips) Stuttering, Stux Gallery, New York |
| 1989 |
Group Show, American Fine Arts Co., New York Video Presentation by Colin de Land, American Fine Arts Co., Art Cologne, West Germany |
It is a re-visitation of a piece that I made 12 years ago, called '101 Art Ideas You Can Do Yourself,' which we simple recipes for art-making. I think it was my first show at Gavin's, and I made it as a gift to my parents, who had paid for my art school education. My father died a few years ago, but he was a really warm, wonderful, kind man. He didn't finish high school and therefore didn't go to college, and loved me a lot, and was supportive of everything I did as an adult, like with my art-making, but never quite understood what the hell it was that I did do. So I made this list of 101 art ideas, like an explanation to him. It's a deconstruction, in my mind, of what conceptual art is in a way that I thought he could clearly understand it. So this version, coming 12 years later, I handed the original list over to my studio assistants, to update it. So it's all 101 ideas, but translated or filtered though their brains. So they totally ruined it. My original list is a lot better.
– Rob Pruitt in conversation with Tom Eccles
