Jim Shaw (artist)

Jim Shaw is a contemporary American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. He is married to other Los Angeles based artist, Marnie Weber.

In 2000 he staged a show at the ICA, London, of "Thrift Store Paintings"—paintings he had collected by (mostly anonymous) amateur artists in America.

Some reactions to this show were:

*Adrian Searle ("The Guardian"):":1) The paintings are awful, indefensible, crapulous….these people can't draw, can't paint; these people should never be left alone with a paintbrush.:2) The Thrift Store Paintings are fascinating, alarming, troubled and funny. Scary too, just like America. [http://www.artrumour.com/Newsletter/newsletter2.htm "What the Critics Say – Jim Shaw at the ICA", newsletter 2, artrumour.com, October 23, 2000] Retrieved March 28, 2006]

*Sarah Kent ("Time Out"):":Critics professing to be gobsmacked by these efforts can never have seen an amateur art show or walked along the railings of the Bayswater road. They should get out more. [http://www.artrumour.com/Newsletter/newsletter2.htm "What the Critics Say – Jim Shaw at the ICA", newsletter 2, artrumour.com, October 23, 2000] Retrieved March 28, 2006]

References

External links

* [http://www.metropicturesgallery.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=15&view=bio List of art shows at Metro Pictures Gallery website]
* [http://www.praz-delavallade.com/index.php?site=artists&fromlink=artists&a_id=24&artistname=jim_shaw Selected works, biography and exhibitions at Praz-Delavallade Gallery website]