Richard PETTIBONE
1938, USA
Also known as: RP
Since the early 1960s, questioned Richard Pettibone, the relatively newly established Pop Art, the Pop-Art, before the term itself was even properly established. Through his art, which is about art, Richard Pettibone puts his finger on the modern art\'s ambition to create something of their own. He maintains that it is better to copy a great masterpieces than produce its own poor original.
Selected Exhibitions
2009
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Rip-Off: Between Appropriation and the Appropriated\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York, NY
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Polaroids: Diana Kingsley, Richard Pettibone, Mike and Doug Starn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Leo Castelli, New York, NY
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Post-War and Contemporary Art\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, NY
2008
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Standard Sizes\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Richard Pettibone: Paintings of Sculptures\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Leo Castelli, New York, NY (solo)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Accidental Modernism\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
2007
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Miniaturizing Modernism\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY (solo)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"If Everybody had an Ocean: Brian Wilson, une exposition\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", CAPC - Musée d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"What Is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"If Everybody had an Ocean: Brian Wilson: An Art Exhibition, Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Endless Western Sunset\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
2006
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Richard Pettibone. Sixty-four Campbell’s Soup Cans\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Richard Pettibone - A Retrospective\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (solo)
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Busy going crazy -The Sylvio Perlstein collection\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Subverted Object\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY
2005
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Richard Pettibone - A Retrospective\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art , University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2004
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Richard Pettibone. Works 1964 - 2004\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2003
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Real Thing\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Living with Duchamp\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2001
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Work: Shaker Design and Recent Art\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2000
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Minimal Affect - Selections from the Permanent Collection\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Miami, FL
1999
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Originale echt/falsch\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany
1998
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'60s in the Seventies\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Ubu Gallery, New York, NY
1996
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Subverted Object\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Ubu Gallery, New York, NY
Redan i början av 1960-talet ifrågasatte Richard Pettibone den relativt nyetablerade popkonsten, the Pop-Art, innan termen i sig ens var riktigt etablerad. År 1964 målade han två små, exakta kopior av Andy Warhols målning från 1962, Campbell Soup Can (Pepper Pot). En i grönt och en i grått, båda stämpelsignerade med Warhols namn och sitt eget. Pettibone berör alltså en av postmodernismens kärnfrågor tjugo år för tidigt: original kontra kopia.
Richard Pettibone ställer med sin konst frågor som: Vem äger en konstnärlig idé? Vad betyder material och hantverk för konstverket? Vad, egentligen, är originalitet? Varför måste så mycket av konsten vara så stor? Vad är essensen i en minatyr? Vad händer när betraktaren får se en mindre version av ett stort känt verk?
Förutom Andy Warhol har Pettibone utforskat verk av fler konstikoner; Leonardo da Vinci, Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella och Roy Lichtenstein.
Genom sin konst, som handlar om konst, sätter Richard Pettibone fingret på den moderna konstens strävan efter att skapa något eget.
Själv menar han att det är bättre att kopiera ett bra mästerverk än att framställa ett eget dåligt original.
Source: Stockholms Auktionsverk, Stockholm Sweden