Lucien Smith Explained

Lucien Smith
Nationality:American
Field:Painting
Training:The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Patrons:Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Jose Mugrabi
Website:https://www.luciensmithstudio.com/

Lucien Smith is a multidisciplinary artist whose abstract works and diverse projects have earned him international acclaim. A graduate of The Cooper Union, he was twice featured in Forbes "30 Under 30" in the category of "Art & Style".[1] [2] Smith was hailed as the art world’s "wunderkind" by The New York Times.[3] He has exhibited at prestigious blue-chip galleries such as Skarstedt and Salon 94,[4] and has had solo exhibitions mounted at major museums. His collaborations span across creative fields, including partnerships with artists like Travis Scott and Virgil Abloh, and he directed a short film narrated by Glenn O'Brien, which was shown at Gagosian Gallery in New York City.[5]

Education

Smith graduated with a BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art in 2011.[6]

Art market

Artsy estimated in 2014 that Smith generated a total of $3.7 million at auction that year.[7]

Smith is associated with other young painters such Oscar Murillo and Jacob Kassay whose work has appreciated rapidly and are favored by collectors for investment-ready fare.[8] A work from Smith's 2011 Cooper Union graduate show was resold in November 2013 for $389,000.[8] In February 2014, his work Two Sides of the Same Coin sold for £224,500 at a Sotheby's auction in London.[9]

Serving the People

In 2017, Smith launched the Serving the People (STP) an organization building the future of creativity, collaboration, and communication. Guided by a network of creatives and technologists, STP aims to rebuild the infrastructure for cultural participation.[10] [11]

Artworks

Rain Paintings

In 2011, Smith executed a suite of abstractions he calls Rain Paintings, which he creates by spraying fire extinguishers filled with paint.[12] In 2014 an example of these works titled Two Sides of the Same Coin sold at Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction London's first lot for $372,000 against an estimate of $66,000–99,000.[13] [14]

Tigris Paintings

In 2014, Smith produced Tigris, a show of 11 camouflage-patterned abstract paintings, inspired by the recollection of the first work of art that strongly impacted him—Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa.[15] [8] The exhibit was described as "undistinguished" and "a shrewd career move".[8]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 30 Under 30 - Art & Style . Forbes. 25 March 2018.
  2. Web site: 30 Under 30: The Best Of Art And Style. Susan. Adams. Forbes. 25 March 2018.
  3. Web site: A Wunderkind Artist Summons a Barely Bygone New York. Julie. Baumgardner. 7 May 2013. The New York Times T Magazine. 25 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Can Anything Stop Art-World Wunderkind Lucien Smith?. Vogue. Mark Guiducci. 19 May 2014. 25 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Lucien Smith Brings Art, Film, and Fashion Together in New Exhibition at Gagosian. Stephanie. Eckardt. W Magazine. 15 October 2024.
  6. Web site: Showing: Lucien Smith – "Cripple Creek" @ Ritter / Zamet (London) . Arrested Motion . 25 November 2011 . 18 February 2012.
  7. Web site: Lucien Smith - 64 Artworks, Bio & Shows . Artsy. 25 March 2018.
  8. News: At UES Show, Lucien Smith Leads the Charge of the Opportunist Brigade . Village Voice. 4 June 2014 . 7 June 2014.
  9. Web site: Lot 1 12 February 2014 . . https://www.webcitation.org/6NOiHW24n?url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/contemporary-art-evening-auction-l14020/lot.1.html . 15 February 2014 . live .
    - News: London Auction Houses See High Prices for Contemporary Art . Carol Vogel . The New York Times. 13 February 2014 . https://www.webcitation.org/6NOhxg1wL?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/arts/design/london-auction-houses-see-high-prices-for-contemporary-art.html?_r=0 . 15 February 2014 . live .
  10. Web site: Serve the People Lucien Smith. 14 May 2018.
  11. Web site: What is Serving the People?. 22 July 2022.
  12. Web site: Bollen. Christopher Bollen. Christopher. Lucien Smith. . 12 December 2013.
  13. Web site: The Toxic Legacy of Zombie Formalism, Part 1: How an Unhinged Economy Spawned a New World of 'Debt Aesthetics'. 26 July 2018.
  14. Web site: (#1) Lucien Smith . Sothebys.com. 9 December 2023.
  15. Web site: Skarstedt Gallery. www.skarstedt.com. 9 December 2023.

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