Lucien Smith

Lucien Smith
Untitled I (Savikalpa Samadhi), 2016. Oil on canvas. 100h x 144w x 1 1/2 in
Born (1989-04-15)April 15, 1989
Los Angeles
Nationality  United States
Education Cooper Union School of Art
Known for Painting
Patron(s) Moran Bondaroff
Skarstedt

Lucien Smith (born 1989, Los Angeles) is an American painter 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][3] The New York Times named him the art world Wunderkind.[4][5]

Education

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

Art Market

Artsy estimates in 2014 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] Making auction history. In February 2014, his work Two Sides of the Same Coin sold for £224,500 at a Sotheby's, London auction.[9][10] Lucien Smith is represented by Moran Bondaroff in Los Angeles, CA and Skarstedt Gallery in New York.

Works

Rain Paintings

In 2011, Smith has executed a suite of abstractions he calls Rain Paintings, which he creates by spraying fire extinguishers filled with paint.[11]

Camo Paintings

In 2014, Smith produced Tigris, a show of 11 camouflage-patterned abstract paintings.[8] The exhibit was called "undistinguished" and "a shrewd career move." [8] Smith’s interest in nature has evolved to include loose brushstrokes fluttering across canvases as if to evoke the movement of rivers. Named after an ancient body of water, the works in Tigris convey an organic sensibility. Smith’s process of pouring paint onto the canvas is reminiscent of pouring water, evoking the movement of rivers and rain.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "The New Deal: Just What the Art Market Needed - Page". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  2. ↑ http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/30-under-30/30-under-30_art.html
  3. ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/01/06/30-under-30-the-best-of-art-style/
  4. ↑ http://www.vogue.com/872434/lucien-smith-new-show-skarstedt/
  5. ↑ http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/on-view-a-wunderkind-artist-summons-a-barely-bygone-new-york/?_r=0
  6. ↑ "Showing: Lucien Smith – "Cripple Creek" @ Ritter / Zamet (London)". Arrested Motion. 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  7. ↑ https://www.artsy.net/artist/lucien-smith/auction-results?sort=-auction_date&page=3
  8. 1 2 3 4 "At UES Show, Lucien Smith Leads the Charge of the Opportunist Brigade". Village Voice. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  9. ↑ "Lot 1 12 February 2014". Sotheby's. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "London Auction Houses See High Prices for Contemporary Art". New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014.
  11. ↑ Bollen, Christopher. "Lucien Smith". Interview.
  12. ↑ http://www.skarstedt.com/artists/lucien-smith/
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