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ALPHA 137 GALLERY
ALPHA 137 GALLERY
Rarely to market, this work is hand signed and numbered from the limited edition of only 100. Both sharply conceptual and hilariously funny, John Water’s “Visit Marfa” is a remarkable play upon the city in which Donald Judd established his foundation - which was, by the way, later profiled by CBS News 60 Minutes (!!) Gracing ARTFORUM’s sought after cover in Summer 2004, this brilliant satirical work takes the form of a poster typically used to advertise a circus or carnival. Here, Waters casts the town of Marfa as a tourist spectacle equivalent to that of Coney Island or Disney World. "CARL ANDRE LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST" or "WIN A DATE WITH JOHN CHAMBERLAIN." One by one, the central themes of Minimalism are turned upside down. In a cloud-like banner that reads “EAT FOOD ALL THE SAME COLOR,” the more dull aspects of minimalism are interrogated, while a circle describing Marfa as “THE JONESTOWN OF MINIMALISM” calls to mind the spirituality often associated with Minimalism.
Legendary artist and film-maker John Waters’ provocative works examine the themes of sexuality, race, class, gender, capitalism, and religion in photographs, prints, and sculptures. Waters has been making artwork since the early 1990s, and has exhibited widely at galleries such as American Fine Arts (New York, NY), Marianne Boesky (New York, NY), Gavin Brown’s Enterprise (New York, NY), Emmanuel Perrotin (Paris, France), and Gagosian Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). His first major museum retrospective opened at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in 2004, which traveled to The Orange County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA), the Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, PA), and the Fotomuseum (Winterthur, Switzerland).
SIGNATURE
Hand signed and numbered on the recto (back).
PROVENANCE
Estate of Tim Hunt (former gallerist and agent for the Warhol Foundation) and the collection of his widow Tama Janowitz (Warhol pal and 1980's literary figure and author of "Slaves of New York." )
