Mike Cloud “Bad Faith and Universal Technique”
Thomas Erben Gallery
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Mike Cloud (b. 1974, Chicago, IL) appropriates well known symbols to reexamine historical events or phenomena, exploring the perspective of survivors rather than winners or losers. His paintings break out of the expected format, taking on irregular shapes and sculptural qualities, sometimes leaving the wall and venturing out into the exhibition space.
After studying at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Cloud earned his MFA from Yale in 2003. His work has been extensively shown, at venues such as MoMA P.S.1, Marianne Boesky Gallery, White Columns, Max Protetch, Apexart, and was included in Frequency at The Studio Museum in Harlem in 2006. In addition to numerous reviews, his work was part of Painting Abstraction by Bob Nickas, Phaidon Press (2009). Cloud currently is a an assistant professor at Brooklyn College/ CUNY in New York.
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from September 11, 2014 to October 18, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-09-11 from 18:00 to 20:30