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Jon Pylypchuk, Untitled, 2021

Jon Pylypchuk

Untitled, 2021

Six elements: High Polish Bronze

Overall installed dimensions:
17 x 22 x 20 inches
43.2 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm

(RB 21/036)

Jon Pylypchuk -  - Viewing Room - Petzel Gallery

Jon Pylypchuk (b. 1972, Winnipeg, Canada) studied at the University of Manitoba School of Art, where he co-founded the collective known as the Royal Art Lodge in 1996 with fellow artists Michael Dumontier, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, Drue Langlois and Adrian Williams. They were united in their outsider status and mutual love of breaking the unwritten rules of artistic production. They sent childlike drawings to the National Gallery of Canada, suggesting they exhibit them, and held all-night drawing sessions. In 1998 he moved to Los Angeles, where he is currently based.

Pylypchuk is a multidisciplinary artist who works in painting, sculpture, installation and video. Working with simple materials (fake fur, wood, fabric, sheet metal, beer cans, electric light bulbs, polyurethane foam, etc.), Pylypchuk reinterprets the collage and bricolage practices derived from Art Brut. Pylypchuk’s characters often seem to have lost their way, appearing in a wounded condition, harmed by either themselves or by others. They combine a hearty dose of cynicism and anger at the unfairness of it all with a wicked sense of survivalist humor.

His most recent show with Petzel Gallery titled, Waiting for the Next Nirvana, was an expression and result of his past and current years as a rock musician and as an artist. The paintings are imbued with nostalgia, anticipation, energy, confidence, and, foremost, seductive and rebellious emotion.

Waiting for the Next Nirvana, Petzel Gallery, 2020, Installation view

Waiting for the Next Nirvana, Petzel Gallery, 2020

Installation view

Jon Pylypchuck, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, 2010, Installation view

Jon Pylypchuck, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, 2010

Installation view

American Moses, Nino Mier Gallery. 2018 , Installation view

American Moses, Nino Mier Gallery. 2018 

Installation view

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Walkthrough of Jon Pylypchuk's Waiting for the Next Nirvana, Petzel Gallery, January 9 - February 29, 2020

Walkthrough of Jon Pylypchuk's Waiting for the Next Nirvana, Petzel Gallery, January 9 - February 29, 2020