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Jack Pierson Painting

Jack Pierson once speculated that he didn’t paint very much because he prefers work that “can be disassembled, that if taken apart leaves you with nothing.” Perhaps that’s why, in his solo exhibition at Maccarone in New York, the artist, who is best known for his text sculptures and nostalgic photographs, is showing a series of paintings that are not really paintings at all. These works made between 1997 and 2002 are based on his own dreamily out-of-focus snapshots, which have been printed onto large canvases in a way that pushes photography up against abstract painting, and pixilation into pointillism.

“Jack Pierson: Paintings” is on view through March 7, 2015, at New York’s Maccarone gallery, 630 Greenwich St.

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Around the Well, 2001. Courtesy of the artist, Maccarone, New York and Cheim & Read, New York.

2

Hang on to Your Ego No. 4, 1997. Courtesy of the artist, Maccarone, New York and Cheim & Read, New York.

3

Smile Please, 1998. Courtesy of the artist, Maccarone, New York and Cheim & Read, New York.

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Wednesday 25th April, 2001. Courtesy of the artist, Maccarone, New York and Cheim & Read, New York.

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Hang on to Your Ego No. 3, 1997. Courtesy of the artist, Maccarone, New York and Cheim & Read, New York.

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Canvas Dyed with Hibiscus Tea, Salt And Candle Wax Left to Dry in the Sun, 2001. Courtesy of the artist, Maccarone, New York and Cheim & Read, New York.

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Hang on to Your Ego No. 5, 1997. Courtesy of the artist, Maccarone, New York and Cheim & Read, New York.

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Stardust #3, 2001. Courtesy of the artist, Maccarone, New York and Cheim & Read, New York.

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Stardust #1, 2001. Courtesy of the artist, Maccarone, New York and Cheim & Read, New York.

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Garden, 2002. Courtesy of the artist, Maccarone, New York and Cheim & Read, New York.