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Almine Rech

Kenny Scharf Tout Suite

Oct 14 — Nov 10, 2023 | Paris, Turenne

Opening on October 14, 2023 from 6 to 8 pm

Almine Rech Paris is pleased to present Kenny Scharf's second solo exhibition in Paris and fourth with the gallery, on view from October 14 to November 10, 2023.

Kenny Scharf is enjoying life as best he can. He’s keenly aware of the charmed perch on which he is situated—professionally, as a pioneering artist that’s been celebrated for four decades, and personally, as a family-oriented patriarch, an off-kilter personality, and one of the few still standing from his moment of comeuppance in 1980s downtown New York.

Concurrently, and unlike so many of us living today who as a means of survival block out our planet’s abundance of ongoing macro-level destructions, Scharf ponders daily the unfortunate state of the world and its likelihood of getting much worse rather than better.

Though living within this duality is a shared human experience of present day, it’s a topic that seems to get swept under the rug, as though ignoring it for long enough will make it all go away. Maybe we simply don’t have the language to discuss such an unthinkable roadmap or perhaps knowing our less-than-ideal fate, we focus on the daily pleasures of our finite lives.

–  Maria Vogel

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Selected artworks

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      MELTING SCHMELTING, 2023

    Kenny Scharf MELTING SCHMELTING, 2023

    Oil, acrylic and diamond dust on canvas with powder coated aluminum frame

    228.6 x 177.8 cm
    90 x 70 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      MELTY MISFITZ, 2023

    Kenny Scharf MELTY MISFITZ, 2023

    Oil, acrylic, diamond dust and silkscreen ink on canvas with powder coated aluminum frame

    228.6 x 177.8 cm
    90 x 70 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      JUST MELTING, 2023

    Kenny Scharf JUST MELTING, 2023

    Oil and acrylic on canvas with powder coated aluminum frame

    228.6 x 177.8 cm
    90 x 70 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      HAPPY PERILS!, 2023

    Kenny Scharf HAPPY PERILS!, 2023

    Oil, acrylic and silk screen ink on linen with powder coated aluminum frame

    101.6 x 121.9 cm
    40 x 48 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      VITE VITE, 2023

    Kenny Scharf VITE VITE, 2023

    Oil and acrylic on linen with powder coated aluminum frame

    121.9 x 182.9 cm
    48 x 72 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      QUAZ, 2023

    Kenny Scharf QUAZ, 2023

    Oil, acrylic and silk screen link on linen with powder coated aluminum frame

    121.9 x 101.6 cm
    48 x 40 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      ZURPLE, 2023

    Kenny Scharf ZURPLE, 2023

    Oil, acrylic and diamond dust on linen with powder coated aluminum frame

    177.8 x 228.6 cm
    70 x 90 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      JUNGLEMATIC, 2023

    Kenny Scharf JUNGLEMATIC, 2023

    Oil, acrylic & silkscreen ink on canvas with powder coated aluminum frame

    213.4 x 213.4 cm
    84 x 84 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      SUPER YELLOW!, 2023

    Kenny Scharf SUPER YELLOW!, 2023

    Oil, acrylic, silkscreen ink & diamond dust on linen with powder coated aluminum frame

    177.8 x 228.6 cm
    70 x 90 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      JUNGLMATICA, 2023

    Kenny Scharf JUNGLMATICA, 2023

    Oil, acrylic & silkscreen ink on linen with powder coated aluminum frame

    101.6 x 121.9 cm
    40 x 48 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      SPOCK YOUR MIND, 2023

    Kenny Scharf SPOCK YOUR MIND, 2023

    Oil, acrylic & silkscreen ink on linen with powder coated aluminum frame

    121.9 x 101.6 cm
    48 x 40 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      PLANETAIRE VERTE, 2023

    Kenny Scharf PLANETAIRE VERTE, 2023

    Oil, acrylic and silk screen ink on linen with powder coated aluminum frame

    121.9 x 152.4 cm
    48 x 60 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      LICKETY SPLIT, 2023

    Kenny Scharf LICKETY SPLIT, 2023

    Spray paint on linen with powder coated aluminum frame

    152.4 x 182.9 cm
    60 x 72 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      BUGZY FLEUR, 2023

    Kenny Scharf BUGZY FLEUR, 2023

    Oil & Acrylic on canvas

    diameter 177.8 cm
    diameter 70 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      ROSA VERDE GO!, 2023

    Kenny Scharf ROSA VERDE GO!, 2023

    Spray paint on canvas

    diameter 177.8 cm
    diameter 70 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      BLOUGE!, 2023

    Kenny Scharf BLOUGE!, 2023

    Spray paint on canvas

    diameter 177.8 cm
    diameter 70 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      SOMBRES E LUZ, 2023

    Kenny Scharf SOMBRES E LUZ, 2023

    Spray paint on canvas

    diameter 177.8 cm
    diameter 70 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      PORANGES!, 2023

    Kenny Scharf PORANGES!, 2023

    Spray paint on canvas

    diameter 177.8 cm
    diameter 70 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      LASH OUT!, 2023

    Kenny Scharf LASH OUT!, 2023

    Spray paint on canvas

    diameter 177.8 cm
    diameter 70 in

     

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      AZURELLA, 2023

    Kenny Scharf AZURELLA, 2023

    Spray paint on canvas

    diameter 177.8 cm
    diameter 70 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      COLORIDO, 2023

    Kenny Scharf COLORIDO, 2023

    Spray paint on canvas

    diameter 177.8 cm
    diameter 70 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      CHOCOMEL, 2023

    Kenny Scharf CHOCOMEL, 2023

    Spray paint on canvas

    diameter 177.8 cm
    diameter 70 in

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      GRR GUY, 2023

    Kenny Scharf GRR GUY, 2023

    Cast aluminium sculpture with base plate

    183 x 139 x 86 cm
    72 x 54 1/2 x 34 in
    Edition 2 of 3 + 1AP

  • Kenny Scharf,                                      YELLANGRY GUY, 2023

    Kenny Scharf YELLANGRY GUY, 2023

    Cast aluminium sculpture with base plate

    190 x 139 x 86 cm
    75 x 54 1/2 x 34 in
    Edition 2 of 3 + 1AP

Videos

  • Kenny Scharf at Almine Rech Paris, Turenne