REAL GOOD THING: Greg Miller

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Cover: Greg Miller, Real Good Thing (Diptych),Acrylic and Collage on Panel, 36 x 72 in.

REAL GOOD THING: Greg Miller November 1st-December 31st, 2022 3 4 6 N C OAST H WY, LAG U NA B EAC H, CA W W W . J OAN N EARTMAN GALLE RY. C O M J OAN N EARTMAN @AO L. C O M 9 4 9 . 5 1 0 . 5 4 8 1

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REAL GOOD THING

JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present REAL GOOD THING, an exhibition of recent work in which Miller layers and reconstructs imagery of the mid-century American consciousness in clever, incongruous juxtapositions that are a life-like, KnowncontemporaryapproachtoPop.forhischeekilyplayful and vividly rendered distinguishclinicallyprintThecommonalities,worksthroughofheelementslandscape.engagingcollages,MillerdrawsonhisurbanCalifornianroots,withtheambiguityintheAmericanCombininghispaintingswithfoundonthesurfacesofhiscanvasesandpanels,addressesbotharthistoryandthefleetingnaturesmemoryandcontemporaryephemera.Parsingremnantsofourcollectivevisualhistory,theareadynamicforcethatlaybaretheaswellaspolarities,ofperception.seductiveallureoffadedglory,thedetritusofadvertising’sgoldenage,aswellasalmostaintenseobservationofcolorandfontGregMiller’sneo-poppaintings.

Miller paints a visual collage that hearkens classic, elementpaperage,fastidiouslyadvertisements.compositionsReferencingrepresentations,phrases.fragmentsexcavateimage-saturatedfamiliariconicadvertisementsfromthe50’sand60’sutilizingbrandingcampaignsandslogans.Drawingonconsumerism,Miller’spaintingsthisimagerytoreappearasunreconstructedfoundthroughsigns,drips,patternsandTheseformthelayersofMiller’spopculturalbothliterallyandfiguratively.classictypefacesandcolorpalettes,theechothelookandfeelofprintMillerachievesthisimpressionbyandpainstakinglyre-creatingthelookofgrit,andtimethroughtheuseofpaint,collageandresinoncanvas,paintingeachvisualbyhand.

Whisky,Acrylic, Collage, 36 x 72 in.

True,Acrylic, Collage, 48 x 48 in.

Time,Acrylic, Collage, 48 x 48 in.

Tootsie,Acrylic, Collage, 18 x 24 in.

Swell,Acrylic, Collage, 14.5 x 18.5 in.

Look,Acrylic Paint, Collage on CanvasTarp, 57 x 45 in.

All The Way, Acrylic Paint, Collage on CanvasTarp, 57 x 45 in.

November 1st-December 31st, 2022

Published in conjunction with the exhibition: REAL GOOD THING: Greg Miller

JoAnneArtman Gallery 326 N Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA92651

346 N Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA92651 511AW 22nd St, NewYork, NY10011 Catalogue © JoAnneArtman Gallery Artwork © Greg Miller

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