Rob
Pruitt
Rob
Pruitt
Pruitt
A worthy heir to Andy Warhol, Rob Pruitt advocates polymorphic art largely based on the culture of Do It Yourself. His paintings, sculptures and installations, which have sometimes been controversial, ironically unpick consumer society and demystify the creative act.
A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Rob Pruitt formed a daring partnership with Jack Early at the end of the 1980s. Their emblematic series Artwork for Teenage Boys and Artwork for Teenage Girls sets out to explore problems linked to gender politics. In his individual practice, the American artist produces unique and cathartic work. “I’m very interested in the way American culture sort of celebrates and craves a certain period of bad behaviour in people”. “And then I started to think about how the life of the artist is a sort of permanent rumspringa, how artists are allowed by society to be the ones who get to act crazy and drunk for everyone else”, he explains.
Rob Pruitt’s work was shown for the first time by the Pinault Collection during the 2009 exhibition "Mapping the Studio" at the Palazzo Grassi.
A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Rob Pruitt formed a daring partnership with Jack Early at the end of the 1980s. Their emblematic series Artwork for Teenage Boys and Artwork for Teenage Girls sets out to explore problems linked to gender politics. In his individual practice, the American artist produces unique and cathartic work. “I’m very interested in the way American culture sort of celebrates and craves a certain period of bad behaviour in people”. “And then I started to think about how the life of the artist is a sort of permanent rumspringa, how artists are allowed by society to be the ones who get to act crazy and drunk for everyone else”, he explains.
Rob Pruitt’s work was shown for the first time by the Pinault Collection during the 2009 exhibition "Mapping the Studio" at the Palazzo Grassi.
