American artist Aaron Young is recognized for his performance artworks for which he enlists culturally-resonant participants such as motorcycle riders or skateboarders. Photographs, videos, drawings, and sculptures are the traces of these ephemeral acts that constitute an opus of Young's intricate choreography. When Young refers to Jackson Pollock’s Action Paintings, he understands the destructive, yet dynamic energy to be relevant beyond the role of the body involved in a specific working process. Young expands the speed and the style inherent in gestural abstraction and reveals his interest for the multifarious figures and imagery of urban culture.
Aaron Young
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Aaron Young, Seriously, Moonlight, 2014
Blowtorch and pigment on canvas
198,1 x 167,6 x 6,3 cm -
Aaron Young, Sunrise, Sunset, 2014
Blowtorch and pigment on canvas
198,1 x 167,6 x 6,3 cm -
Aaron Young, Untitled, 2010
24 karat gold-plated steel
115 x 70 x 120 cm -
Aaron Young, Here No Evil, 2011
Silkscreen on linen
86 x 122 x 13 cm -
Aaron Young, Untitled, 2011
Burnt rubber and motor oil on plated brass
121,9 x 365,7 cm -
Aaron Young, Dulce Periculum, 2009
3/8’ bronze tinted glass with shredded tire rubber and liquid glass
152,4 x 213,4 cm -
Aaron Young, Untitled, 2009
Oil, rubber, acrylic on aluminium
243 x 484 cm -
Aaron Young, Skid Mark (black nickel), 2010
Brass panel plated with black nickel, burnt rubber, motor oil
49,5 x 121,9 cm -
Aaron Young, Skid Mark (24kt gold), 2010
Brass panel plated with 24kt gold, burnt rubber, motor oil
49,5 x 121,9 cm -
Aaron Young, Locals Only, 2009
Bronze, paint and spray paint
104,1 x 78,7 x 40,6 cm -
Aaron Young, Untitled, 2010
24 karats gold-plated steel
128 x 50 x 155 cm -
Aaron Young, Untitled (un-mounted), 2008
Bronze, paint and spray paint
97,2 x 78,7 x 7,6 cm -
Aaron Young, Untitled (un-mounted), 2008
Bronze, paint and spray paint
97,2 x 78,7 x 7,6 cm -
Aaron Young, Wrecking ball, 2009
Murano glass and metal accessorizes plated in 24kt flash gold: color Glazed anthracite
90 x 50 cm -
Aaron Young, Untitled, 2009
Concrete, spray paint foam
36,8 x 114,3 x 36,8 cm -
Aaron Young, Underdog, 2009
Polyester resin with fiberglass and chrome finish
25,4 x 91,4 cm -
Aaron Young, Gypsy Life, 2009
3/8’ bronze tinted glass with shredded tire rubber and liquid glass
213,4 x 152,4 cm -
Aaron Young, Focus on the Four Dots, 2007
Silkscreen on canvas
147 cm -
Aaron Young, Focus on the Four Dots, 2007
Silkscreen on canvas
147 cm -
Aaron Young, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR VICES (ALPHA MALE PLUS), 2008
Silkscreen on aluminium
183 x 122 cm -
Aaron Young, Tumbleweed (crushed fence), 2009
24 Karat gold plated steel fence
80 x 90 x 50 cm
Exhibitions
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Platform, Curated by Nicolas Trembley
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Always Forever Now
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California Dreamin, Myths and legends of los Angeles curated by Hedi Slimane
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Wall & Floor, Carl Andre, Chris Burden, Tom Burr, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Dan Graham, Donald Judd, Thomas Kiesewetter, Sol Lewitt, Nate Lowman, John McCracken, Andrei Molodkin, Anselm Reyle, Frank Stella, Katja Strunz, James Turrell, Aaron Young
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Semper Idem
— • Brussels -
Aaron Young
— • Paris
Selected press
- 'AD profils: Aaron Young', ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, March, 2013. — 404.8 kB
- Pierre Groppo, 'Creative couple Laure Heriard Dubreuil and Aaron Young open their new yorkaddress book', VOGUE.fr , 13 February, 2013 — 1.7 MB
- Sixtine Léon-Dufour, 'Aaron Young, l’Amérique inédite', LE FIGARO, 27 novembre, 2011 — 2.0 MB
- Laetitia Jeurissen, 'Ciel couvert sur bannière étoilée', CLARK MAGAZINE, Novembre, Décembre 2011. — 1.2 MB
- Christopher Mooney, 'Hellraiser', ARTREVIEW, January, February, 2010. — 186.0 kB
- Yan Céh, 'Forever Young', BLAST, 2009. — 916.8 kB
- François Hugon, 'L'art cylindré. Aaron Young fait du dérapage une oeuvre d'art', INTERSECTION, 2009. — 642.2 kB
- Hans Ulrich Obrist, 'Aaron Young', FLASHART, Janvier, Février, 2009. — 774.5 kB
- Delphine Valloir, 'De bruit et de fureur. Créateur en roue libre', JALOUSE, April, 2009. — 670.1 kB
- Adam Mc Ewen, 'Aaron Young', INTERVIEW, October, 2008. — 459.3 kB
- Sarah Douglas, 'A bright Frame', ART AUCTION, October, 2008. — 234.7 kB