Lucien Smith
Born1989 (age 34–35)
NationalityAmerican
EducationThe Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Known forPainting
Patron(s)Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Jose Mugrabi

Lucien Smith (born 1989, Los Angeles) is an American artist and filmmaker based in New York.[1] Forbes featured Smith twice in its 2013 and 2014 list of 30 under 30 in the category "Art & Style".[2] The New York Times named him the "art world Wunderkind".[3]

Education

Smith graduated with a BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art in 2011.[4]

Art market

Artsy estimated in 2014 that Smith generated a total of $3.7 million at auction that year.[5]

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.[6] A work from Smith's 2011 Cooper Union graduate show was resold in November 2013 for $389,000.[6] In February 2014, his work Two Sides of the Same Coin sold for £224,500 at a Sotheby's auction in London.[7]

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.[8][9]

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.[10] 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.[11][12]

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.[13][6] The exhibit was described as "undistinguished" and "a shrewd career move".[6]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

References

  1. ^ "The New Deal: Just What the Art Market Needed - Page". Interview. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  2. ^ "30 Under 30 - Art & Style". Forbes. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
    - Adams, Susan. "30 Under 30: The Best Of Art And Style". Forbes. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ Mark Guiducci (19 May 2014). "Can Anything Stop Art-World Wunderkind Lucien Smith?". Vogue. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
    - Baumgardner, Julie (7 May 2013). "A Wunderkind Artist Summons a Barely Bygone New York". The New York Times T Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Showing: Lucien Smith – "Cripple Creek" @ Ritter / Zamet (London)". Arrested Motion. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Lucien Smith - 64 Artworks, Bio & Shows". Artsy. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d "At UES Show, Lucien Smith Leads the Charge of the Opportunist Brigade". Village Voice. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Lot 1 12 February 2014". Sotheby's. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014.
    - Carol Vogel (13 February 2014). "London Auction Houses See High Prices for Contemporary Art". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Serve the People Lucien Smith". 14 May 2018.
  9. ^ "What is Serving the People?". 22 July 2022.
  10. ^ Bollen, Christopher (12 December 2013). "Lucien Smith". Interview.
  11. ^ "The Toxic Legacy of Zombie Formalism, Part 1: How an Unhinged Economy Spawned a New World of 'Debt Aesthetics'". 26 July 2018.
  12. ^ "(#1) Lucien Smith". Sothebys.com. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Skarstedt Gallery". www.skarstedt.com. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

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