![]() ![]() The show-the artist’s first in New York since 2014-takes drawing as a jumping off point. ![]() Several of these objects also served as inspirations for his latest exhibition, “We’ll Keep On Dancing Till We Pay the Rent,” which opens at Gagosian’s Chelsea gallery on November 8. The artists behind these works are rarely household names instead, they are representative of the unique way an artist like Brown assesses historic art. Brown’s Shoreditch workspace houses treasures like a 15th century woodcut, a 20th century watercolor, and a selection of 17th and 18th century ornate frames. It makes sense, then, that Brown’s studio is also a tribute to the art and aesthetics of the past. In the future, Brown plans to display his work alongside older paintings, drawings, and sculptures from his private collection. Works on view range from early appropriations of Frank Auerbach and Jean-Honoré Fragonard to layered portraits that put a twist on Renaissance Old Masters. The British painter recently opened the Brown Collection, which debuted with an exhibition of his own art, in a restored house in London’s Marylebone neighborhood. ![]() Glenn Brown is an artist who finds unceasing inspiration in art history. ![]()
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