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Augustus Thompson

Augustus Thompson’s work traverses painting, printmaking, sculpture and sound, often meshed together in experimental exhibition environments he cites as relational theater. His idiosyncratic practice notes a strategy of transference and chance inherent to printmaking and a ritualized emphasis on the set up of formal and cultural references adapted for each particular project or environment. Thompson finds terrain to fabricate the internal self, turning painting into a self relating machine.

Augustus Thompson (b.1985 Richlands, Va) lives and works in northern New Mexico. Thompson has had solo exhibitions at Almine Rech, London; White Cube, London; Night Gallery, Los Angeles; Frankfurt Am Main, Berlin; Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles. His work has been shown in group exhibitions in institutions such as the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, BE; Museo Pino Pascali, IT; and the Zabludowicz Collection, London; among others.

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Selected artworks

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled (Tire), 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled (Tire), 2017

    Monotype in oil on paper, ink, mounted on aluminum
    74.9 x 54.6 cm
    29 1/2 x 21 1/2 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled, 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled, 2017

    Monotype in oil on paper
    76.2 x 55.9 cm
    30 x 22 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Backwards and Flat Earth III, 2017

    Augustus Thompson Backwards and Flat Earth III, 2017

    Monotype in oil on paper
    76.2 x 55.9 cm
    30 x 22 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled (In two parts), 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled (In two parts), 2017

    Acrylic on aluminum
    45.7 x 81.3 cm
    18 x 32 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled (Car Interior), 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled (Car Interior), 2017

    Monotype in oil on paper mounted on aluminum
    75.8 x 57.1 cm
    29 7/8 x 22 1/2 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Spirit of ‘76, 2017

    Augustus Thompson Spirit of ‘76, 2017

    Oil, gesso and auto body filler on aluminum
    121,9 x 243,8 cm
    48 x 96 inches

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled, 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled, 2017

    Oil on Aluminum
    121.9 x 101.6 cm
    48 x 40 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled, 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled, 2017

    Oil on aluminum
    243.8 x 121.9 cm
    96 x 48 in

Gallery exhibitions

Selected press