GREG MILLER West Wind
WILLIAM TURNER GALLERY
WEST WIND William Turner Gallery is pleased to present West Wind, a selection of new works by Greg Miller. West Wind features imagery reminiscent of pulp fiction book covers, continuing Miller’s tradition of expressing timeless Americana themes. While he currently resides in New York, Miller consistently draws on influences of his West Coast roots. Much like many the works presented in this show, Miller states “LA is sexy, mysterious, dangerous”. Like the Pulp Fiction books of the Mid twentieth century, Greg Miller’s densely collaged works invite viewers to embark upon journeys that are sensational, daring, romantic and heroic. In conjunction with this literary theme, each piece tells its own story. While at first glance the message may seems singular, Miller utilizes text and imagery from various sources to add depth and context that play within and alongside each work’s own narrative. As is so in great literature and in life, there is a buildup and backstory to each piece—no moment exists in a vacuum. Initially, these works and the stories they tell may seem to take us back in time, grabbing at us nostalgically, and rousing a shared cultural memory, yet they may also teach us something of their lingering pull on contemporary perception. Labeled a “neo-pop” and “post-pop” artist by such critics as Donald Kuspit and Peter Frank, Miller does indeed draw from the pop-cultural imagery that saturated American consciousness during the 1950’s and 1960’s. It was a time during which advertising and text became indelibly encrypted into our experience of everyday life. Life as “advertised” and life as “lived” were insuperably intertwined on the pages of “LIFE” and “LOOK” magazines, on television shows, commercials, billboards, hotel signs, romance novels and even matchbook covers as never before. Miller’s paintings excavate this imagery and often appear as unreconstructed fragments of these signs, drips, patterns and phrases. These form the layers of Miller’s pop cultural imagery, both literally and figuratively. Greg Miller’s work is featured in numerous museum and private collections, including those of the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation and Charles Saatchi Foundation. The Get Go, a volume of his writings, photography and paintings, was published in 2010, and the first comprehensive monograph on the artist, Signs of the Nearly Actual, was published in 2009.
Holiday, 2018, Acrylic, Collage Paper, Resin on panel, 48” x 48”
True, 2018, Acrylic, Collage Paper, Resin on panel, 48” x 48”
LOVE, 2018, Acrylic, Collage Paper, Resin on panel, 48” x 48”
Beyond Desire, 2018, Acrylic, Collage Paper, Resin on panel, 60” x 48”
LOVE, 2018, Acrylic, Collage Paper, Resin on panel, 48” x 48”
Installation: Save The Robots & Pali Gap
Play It Cool, Acrylic, Collage Paper, Resin on panel, 70”x45”
Look, 2018, Acrylic, Collage Paper, Resin on panel, 60” x 60”
Hide Away, 2018, Acrylic, Collage Paper on panel, 60” x 60”
Play, 2018, Acrylic, Collage Paper, Resin on panel, 60” x 48”
Anything Goes, Acrylic, Collage Paper, Resin on panel, 70”x45”
CV: GREG MILLER Born: 1951. Sacramento, CA Master of Arts, San Jose State University. San Jose, CA San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco, CA UCLA, Graduate School. Los Angeles, CA SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2018 Market Art + Design Bridgehampton, NY, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition JoAnne Artman Gallery; New York, NY Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; St. Helena, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA 2017 Solo Exhibition Surfari Crossroads Gallery; Sag Harbor, NY Group Exhibition Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT Group Exhibition Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX Group Exhibition JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Art Fair Art Market San Francisco, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA Art Context New York, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York, NY Art Hamptons, Kidder Smith Gallery, Bridgehampton Historical Society in Bridgehampton, NY Solo Exhibition Gilman Contemporary; Ketchum, ID Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; St. Helena, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA 2016 Solo Exhibition Surfari Crossroads Gallery; Sag Harbor, NY Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA 2014 LA Art Show Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Solo Exhibition Campton Gallery; New York, NY 2013 LA Art Show Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA London Art Fair Scream Gallery; London, UK Solo Exhibition PEVETO; Houston, TX Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; St. Helena, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA 2012 Pulse NY Contemporary Art Fair Freight & Volume, New York, NY LA Art Show Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA London Art Fair Scream Gallery; London, UK Group Exhibition PEVETO; Houston, TX Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition Kevin Barry Fine Art Assoc.; Las Vegas, NV Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition Freight & Volume, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition Campton Gallery; New York, NY Solo Exhibition Scream Gallery; London, UK 2011 Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Perez Hiltons SXSW Event Austin, TX Group Exhibition Deborah Page Projects, Austin, TX Auction Bonhams UK - Urban Art LA Art Show Los Angeles Art Show; Los Angeles, CA 2010 Art Miami, Art Basel; Miami, FL Solo Exhibition Campton Gallery; New York, NY Group Exhibition Under the Influence of Fashion and Finance. Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art: Santa Monica, CA Television Giada at Home: Paint & Party. Food Network Episode 2010#2.29. Malibu, CA Solo Exhibition The Get Go. William Turner Gallery: Santa Monica, CA San Francisco Fine Art Fair: Fort Mason, CA Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition Marfa Film Festival. Deborah Page Projects: Marfa, TX Auction Christie’s Fine Art Auctions: Beverly Hills, CA Group Exhibition People’s Gallery Exhibition. Austin City Hall; Austin, TX Solo Exhibition Artspace 111; Ft. Worth, TX LA Art Show. Los Angeles Art Show; Los Angeles, CA 2009 Art Miami. Art Basel; Miami, FL Solo Exhibition Campton Gallery; New York, NY Solo Exhibition Recent Paintings. William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Solo Exhibition Route 99. Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition Signs of the Nearly Actual. William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Group Exhibition Material Boundaries. Spazio Interiors & Deborah Page Projects; Austin, TX Group Exhibition Art Show LA. Caldwell Snyder Gallery; Los Angeles, CA 2008 Bridge Art Fair. Art Basel; Miami, FL Red Dot Art Fair. Art Basel; Miami, FL Solo Exhibition The Unforseen. Spazio Interiors; Austin, TX Group Exhibition Susquehanna Art Museum; Harrisburg, PA Solo Exhibition Recent Paintings. Campton Gallery, New York, NY Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition Napa Valley Museum; Yountville, CA Group Exhibition American Lifescapes. dba256 Gallery. Winebar; Pomona, CA Group Exhibition Grand Central Art Center, Cal State Fullerton; Santa Ana, CA Solo Exhibition Unforeseen Frontier. William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Group Exhibition Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art; Malibu, CA Group Exhibition Roseville Arts; Roseville, CA Group Exhibition Intervention. Pharmaka; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Imago Galleries; Palm Desert, CA
Solo Exhibition Eyecandy. Deborah Page Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Solo Exhibition The Seduction. Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA 2007 Bridge Art Fair Art Basel; Miami, FL Group Exhibition Miami, FL London Art Show Bridge Art Fair, Trafalgar Hotel; London, England Los Angeles Art Show Barker Hangar; Santa Monica, CA Group Exhibition Riverside Art Museum; Riverside, CA Solo Exhibition Aspen, CO Group Exhibition Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art; Malibu, CA Group Exhibition Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; Colorado Springs, CO Group Exhibition Contemporary Art Center; New Orleans, LA 2006 DIVA Video Installation Art Basel; Miami, FL Group Exhibition Miami, FL Los Angeles Art Show Barker Hangar; Santa Monica, CA Solo Exhibition Aspen, CO 2005 Solo Exhibition Aspen, CO Group Exhibition Carnegie Art Museum; Oxnard, CA Solo Exhibition New York, NY 2004 Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Aspen, CO Group Exhibition New York, NY Solo Exhibition Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA Film Exhibition Co-executive Producer “Darth Days”, 7 min short-film, 24p Hi-def; Switch Studios, Venice, CA 2003 Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Elaine Baker Gallery; Boca Raton, FL Solo Exhibition Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA Group Exhibition Bucheon Gallery; San Francisco, CA 2002 Group Exhibition Elaine Baker Gallery; Boca Raton, FL Solo Exhibition Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA Year in Installation Hum Music Design; Venice, CA Solo Exhibition Imago Galleries; Palm Desert, CA 2001 Solo Exhibition So Hyun Gallery; New York, NY Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA 2000 Solo Exhibition Bucheon Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition “Kidnapping”, No Prisoners; Los Angeles, CA 1999 Film Exhibition “The Kidnapping”
35 mm. 15 minute color short. Dolby Surround Sound Robert Wagner, Lisa Zane, Chris Reed, Shawn Woods Solo Exhibition Lejneiks Fine Art; San Francisco, CA 1998 Group Exhibition Lejneiks Fine Art; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition Buschlen Mowatt Gallery; Vancouver, Canada 1997 Solo Exhibition Peter Blake Gallery; Laguna Beach, CA Solo Exhibition Buschlen Mowatt Gallery; Vancouver, Canada Group Exhibition Auberge du Soleil; St. Helena, CA Group Exhibition Bucheon Gallery; San Francisco, CA 1996 Solo Exhibition Slutzky Sheffner Contemporary Art; Newport Beach, CA Solo Exhibition Barney’s New York. Window Installation. Los Angeles, CA Solo Exhibition Barney’s New York. Window Installation. New York, NY Group Exhibition Laguna Art Museum; Laguna Beach, CA 1995 Solo Exhibition The Viper Room. William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Solo Exhibition Objects. Slutzky Sheffner Contemporary Art; Newport Beach, CA Group Exhibition Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, CA Group Exhibition Triton Art Fair; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition Pated Paper. Louis Stern Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition American Collage. William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA 1994 ART LA ‘94 William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Solo Exhibition Ted Mendenhal Gallery; Pasadena, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Group Exhibition Night of the Masque. Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, CA 1993 ART LA ‘93 William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Solo Exhibition Brandt Schneider Contemporary Art; Napa, CA Group Exhibition Project for AmFAR; New York, NY Group Exhibition Gallery 57; San Francisco, CA 1992 ART LA ‘92 William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Solo Exhibition American Journals. William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Group Exhibition Chicago International Art Exposition; Chicago, IL Group Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Chicago, IL Group Exhibition Object/Image Found. TransAmerican Gallery; Los Angeles, CA 1991 ART LA ‘91 William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Solo Exhibition Life Series. William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Group Exhibition Art London ‘91. William Turner Gallery; London, England 1986
Group Exhibition Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, CA Group Exhibition Imagination Celebration; The Kennedy Center Installation, NY 1985 Group Exhibition Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, CA 1983 Group Exhibition Book Exhibitions. Palo Alto Cultural Center; Palo Alto, CA 1981 Group Exhibition Eaton Schoen Gallery; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition George Eastman House; Rochester, NY Group Exhibition Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery; Los Angeles, CA 1980 Group Exhibition The Works Gallery; Long Beach, CA 1979 Group Exhibition Artworks and Bookworks. LICA; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Judaism Through the Arts. West Valley College; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Glass: Outdoor Installations in City Parks; San Jose, CA 1977 Group Exhibition Artist Stories. Libra Gallery; Claremont, CA Group Exhibition Bookworks. Mills College; Hayward, CA Group Exhibition Union Gallery; San Jose, CA Group Exhibition La Mamelle; San Francisco, CA 1975 Group Exhibition Montalvo Center for the Arts; Saratoga, CA Group Exhibition Three People. Gallery One; San Jose, CA Group Exhibition Investigations. John White Performance Gallery; San Jose, CA SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Kansas City, MI SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Charles Saatchi W Hotel, San Diego, CA Charles Saatchi. London, England AmFAR. Los Angeles, CA Playboy Enterprises. Chicago, IL ARATEX Inc. San Francisco, CA FAGO Foundation. Los Angeles, CA ODEDEX Corporation. Anaheim, CA Robert Pecota Winery. Napa, CA Community Arts Inc. San Francisco, CA Interscope Records. Los Angeles, CA Pixar Animation Studios. Emeryville, CA Toby Maquire John Paul & Eloise DeJoria Sharon Stone Jessica Alba Eli Manning
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