John Currin (American, 1962)

John Currin

American | 1962

John Currin is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1962. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Deichtorhallen Hamburg have featured John Currin's work in the past.John Currin's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 431 USD to 12,007,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 12,007,500 USD for Nice 'n Easy, sold at Christie's New York in 2016. John Currin has been featured in articles for Creative Boom, Juliet Art Magazine and ArtLyst. The most recent article is “Time Travel: Italian Masters Through a Contemporary Lens” written for ARTFORUM in March 2024.

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Untitled (from the Valley of Mist 2 portfolio - John Currin

Untitled (from the Valley of Mist 2 portfolio

By John Currin

Current Exhibitions

The Infinite Woman

Villa Carmignac
Hyères | France
Apr 27,2024 - Nov 03,2024

Past Exhibitions

Dix and the Present

Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Hamburg | Germany
Sep 29,2023 - Apr 01,2024

Articles

10 Portrait Paintings in Digital Times

10 Portrait Paintings in Digital Times  

Daily Art Magazine 26/04/2024
“Time Travel: Italian Masters Through a Contemporary Lens”
Hardcore: The Cinematic World of Pulp Is a Beautiful Book Every Designer Will Love

Coverage

..Currin's latest paintings present an increased complexity of background treatment...

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Gagosian Gallery, Paris

..Currin's paintings are at once highly seductive and deeply perplexing...

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Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills

.. Currin’s depictions of the female figure enchant and repel, often in equal measure...

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Gagosian Gallery, New York (980 Madison Avenue)

..Labeled as mannerist, caricaturist, radical conservative or satirist, Currin continues to confound expectations and evade categorization...

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Gagosian Gallery, New York (980 Madison Avenue)

..Conflating a heady mix of historic technique, humor and fantasy, Currin continues to provoke and titillate...

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Gagosian Gallery, Paris

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