Chewing Gum Funeral Set of Two 1982 Acrylic 55x60 and Metal and Wood Grid 50x48x5

Year1983

Not Signed 

Condition Excellent 

Not Framed 

Provenance / HistoryAcrylic on laminated paper fiberglass on metal. 

Story / Additional InfoVernon Fisher Vernon Fisher, 1943- 2023 is best known for his multilayered compositions, in which disparate images are superimposed upon one another. Quietly satirical, Vernon chooses his appropriations carefully, for both their graphic elegance and historical symbolism. He frequently uses maps and magazine photojournalism for background, allowing memorable American iconography seemingly to float atop: Mickey Mouse, men in blackface, a mushroom cloud. Vernon's work is in the private collections of over 40 museums worldwide, and he has exhibited everywhere from New Delhi to Dusseldorf. 

Certificate of AuthenticityBarbara Gladstone Gallery 

LID163377

Vernon Fisher - United States

Art Brokerage: Vernon Fisher American Artist: B. 1943-2023. Since the early 1970s the Texas-based artist Vernon Fischer has worked at the intersection of Pop and conceptual art, juxtaposing images and text to create ambiguous, multilayered compositions. Resisting attempts to categorically decode them, his paintings and installations draw on pop culture, mass-media imagery, and art-historical and literary references, resulting in elliptical narratives about contemporary culture and society. Fischer's work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States, including in a 2010 retrospective Vernon Fisher: K-Mart Conceptualism at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and in solo shows at Mark Moore Gallery in Santa Monica, the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, the Scottsdale Museum of Art, and the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin. His work has been shown in group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, the Miami Art Museum, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, ICA London, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Guggenheim. Fisher was included in the Whitney Biennial in 1981 and 2000, and in 1995 he was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Listings wanted.