MM Fine Art Gallery is pleased to mount the first East End solo show of James Croak, a widely collected and published American artist. During Croak’s long career he has shown in a dozen countries and is published in thirty-two art and critical theory books, including surveys by Phaidon, Harpers, and a monograph by Harry N. Abrams. Our survey show includes major works from private collections not seen in public in over twenty years.
Croak works in series, often in unusual materials, included are examples of his Dirt Man series, the Dirt Baby series, all made of cast dirt. The included New Skins for the Coming Monstrosities were a media sensation in 1995 predicting pandemics, censorship, and school shootings. This work has not been shown in twenty-five years. Central to the show is Croak’s version of Antonio Lopez Garcia’s Hombre y Mujer (1969-84) and Wolf on Books.
