GREG MILLER MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
WILLIAM TURNER GALLERY BERGAMOT STATION ARTS CENTER 2525 MICHIGAN AVE., E-1 SANTA MONICA, CA 90404 P 310-453-0909 F 310-453-0908 www.williamturnergallery.com
INTRODUCTION William Turner Gallery is proud to present Greg Miller: Magnificent Seven. Drawing on the cultural and geographic influences of his California roots, Greg Miller explores images of the American urban and rural landscape of the mid-twentieth century. The work grabs us nostalgically, rousing a shared cultural memory, but also teaches 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. As Peter Frank states, “The material
sensuality
Miller
brings to his Pop art depends neither on the ‘hand-painted’ quality of Dine or Johns nor on Warhol’s or Indiana’s selfeffacing,
image-centered
texturelessness. With his use of resins and his appropriation of what began themselves as hand-rendered pictures, Miller
Greg Miller working on “Hollywood.”
exploits both a ‘post-studio’ quality of industrial materiality and a referential nostalgia that adds chronological and even narrative depth to his Pop pictoriality. Suspended between the insistent presentness of Warhol’s and Lichtenstein’s ‘pure’ Pop and poetical introspection of Rauschenberg’s and Dine’s ‘expressionist’ (proto-)Pop, Miller’s sensuous renditions oscillate between the present and the past, in both their feel and their actual sources. In effect they present our visual culture as a vast palimpsest of the old and the new, the outdated and the fresh, the familiar and the exotic. By counterposing girlie images of yore with pictures of contemporary women, for instance, Miller exposes a continuity of marketing strategy even as he demonstrates evolution and rupture in style, taste, and even morality. These are not Miller’s personal images, but neither are they quite the impersonal massmediated cipher’s that constituted the visual language of ‘orthodox’ Pop. These images have been
hand-gathered; they are images Miller has found in his peregrinations around Los Angeles (or has imagined out of what he has seen), and he treats them with a level of intimacy that bespeaks at least as much about his sense of personal encounter with them as it does their inherent commercial function.�
Greg Miller Studio
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 2008. Miller spends his time between Austin, TX and Los Angeles, CA.
William Turner Santa Monica, California
SURE THING, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 48” x 48”
BLAZING WEST, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 70” x 45”
Top: THE IVY, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 48” x 48” Left: JOHNS POOL, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 60” x 48”
SPLASH, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 45” x 70”
ORANGES, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 60” x 48”
45TH STREET, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 48” x 48”
BANG, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 48” x 60”
KEY, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 60” x 40”
CHANEL, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 45” x 70”
Top: LA Y BUNNY, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 48” x 48” Right: LA Y, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel 60” x 48”
MILLERS POOL, 2011, Acrylic, Collage, Resin on Panel, 48” x 60”
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 CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Charles Saatchi. London, England Playboy Enterprises. Chicago, IL ARATEX Inc. San Francisco, CA ODEDEX Corporation. Anaheim, CA Community Arts Inc. San Francisco, CA Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Pixar Animation Studios. Emeryville, CA AmFAR. Los Angeles, CA San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA FAGO Foundation. Los Angeles, CA Robert Pecota Winery. Napa, CA Interscope Records. Los Angeles, CA Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Kansas City, MI SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Sharon Stone Nancy Sheffner Barbara & Sam Masket Eloise & John Paul DeJoria Jane Witter Ann Janss Marg Helgenberger Toby Maquire Herb Bloch Judy Slutzky Jennifer & Gianluca Galtrucco Susan & William Brandt Sheryle Ulyate Staci & Bruce Kirschbaum Jessica Alba Amy & Mark Spitznagel SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2011 Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Solo Exhibition Perez Hiltons SXSW Event Group Exhibition Auction Auction LA Art Show
Scream Gallery; London, UK Magnificent Seven. William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Scream Gallery; London, UK Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Austin, TX Deborah Page Projects, Austin, TX Bonhams CA - Made in California: Contemporary Art Bonhams UK - Urban Art Los Angeles Art Show; Los Angeles, CA
2010 Art Miami Giada De Laurentiis TV Show Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition LA Art Show Featured Artist Solo Exhibition
Art Basel; Miami, FL Malibu, CA William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Artspace 111; Fort Worth, TX Los Angeles Art Show; Los Angeles, CA Marfa Film Festival; Marfa, TX Campton Gallery; New York, NY
2009 Art Miami Solo Exhibition
Art Basel; Miami, FL Campton Gallery; New York, NY
Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition Installation Auction Group Exhibition
Recent Paintings. William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Route 99. Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Signs of the Nearly Actual. William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Christie’s Fine Art Auctions; Beverly Hills, CA Material Boundaries. Spazio Interiors; Austin, TX
2008 Bridge Art Fair Red Dot Art Fair Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition
Art Basel; Miami, FL Art Basel; Miami, FL Art Basel; Miami, FL Art Basel; Miami, FL The Unforeseen. Spazio Interiors; Austin, TX Susquehanna Art Museum; Harrisburg, PA Recent Paintings. Campton Gallery; New York, NY Liquid Supercool. William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA In the Great Divide. Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Napa Valley Museum; Yountville, CA American Lifescapes. dba256 Gallery. Winebar; Pomona, CA Grand Central Art Center, Cal State Fullerton; Santa Ana, CA Unforeseen Frontier. William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art; Malibu, CA Roseville Arts; Roseville, CA Intervention. Pharmaka; Los Angeles, CA Imago Galleries; Palm Desert, CA Eyecandy. Deborah Page Gallery; Santa Monica, CA The Seduction. Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA
2007 Bridge Art Fair Group Exhibition London Art Show Los Angeles Art Show Group Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition
Art Basel; Miami, FL Miami, FL Bridge Art Fair, Trafalgar Hotel; London, England Barker Hangar; Santa Monica, CA Riverside Art Museum; Riverside, CA Aspen, CO Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art; Malibu, CA Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; Colorado Springs, CO Contemporary Art Center; New Orleans, LA
2006 DIVA Video Installation Group Exhibition Los Angeles Art Show Solo Exhibition
Art Basel; Miami, FL Miami, FL Barker Hangar; Santa Monica, CA Aspen, CO
2005 Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Solo Exhibition
Aspen, CO Carnegie Art Museum; Oxnard, CA New York, NY
2004 Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Solo Exhibition Film Exhibition
William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Aspen, CO New York, NY Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA Co-executive Producer “Darth Days”, 7 min short-film, 24p Hi-def; Switch Studios, Venice, CA
2003 Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition
William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Elaine Baker Gallery; Boca Raton, FL Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA Bucheon Gallery; San Francisco, CA
2002 Group Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Installation Solo Exhibition
Elaine Baker Gallery; Boca Raton, FL Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA Hum Music Design; Venice, CA Imago Galleries; Palm Desert, CA
2001 Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition
So Hyun Gallery; New York, NY William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA
2000 Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition 1999 Film Exhibition Solo Exhibition
Bucheon Gallery; San Francisco, CA “Kidnapping”, No Prisoners; Los Angeles, CA
“The Kidnapping” 35 mm. 15 minute color short. Dolby Surround Sound Robert Wagner, Lisa Zane, Chris Reed, Shawn Woods Lejneiks Fine Art; San Francisco, CA
1998 Group Exhibition Group Exhibition
Lejneiks Fine Art; San Francisco, CA Buschlen Mowatt Gallery; Vancouver, Canada
1997 Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition
Peter Blake Gallery; Laguna Beach, CA Buschlen Mowatt Gallery; Vancouver, Canada Auberge du Soleil; St. Helena, CA Bucheon Gallery; San Francisco, CA
1996 Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition
Slutzky Sheffner Contemporary Art; Newport Beach, CA Barney’s New York. Window Installation. Los Angeles, CA Barney’s New York. Window Installation. New York, NY Laguna Art Museum; Laguna Beach, CA
1995 Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition
The Viper Room. William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Pated Paper. Objects. Slutzky Sheffner Contemporary Art; Newport Beach, CA Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, CA Triton Art Fair; San Francisco, CA Pated Paper. Louis Stern Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
1994 ART LA ‘94 Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition
William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Ted Mendenhal Gallery; Pasadena, CA William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Night of the Masque. Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, CA
1993 ART LA ‘93 Solo Exhibition Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition
William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Brandt Schneider Contemporary Art; Napa, CA Project for AmFAR; New York, NY Gallery 57; San Francisco, CA
1992 ART LA ‘92 Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition
William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA American Journals. William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Chicago International Art Exposition; Chicago, IL William Turner Gallery; Chicago, IL Object/Image Found. TransAmerican Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
1991 ART LA ‘91 Solo Exhibition Group Exhibition
William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Life Series. William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Art London ‘91. William Turner Gallery; London, England
1986 Group Exhibition Group Exhibition
Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, CA 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 Group Exhibition
Eaton Schoen Gallery; San Francisco, CA George Eastman House; Rochester, NY
1981 Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition
Eaton Schoen Gallery; San Francisco, CA George Eastman House; Rochester, NY Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
1980 Group Exhibition
The Works Gallery; Long Beach, CA
1979 Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition
Artworks and Bookworks. LICA; Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Judaism Through the Arts. West Valley College; Los Angeles, CA Glass: Outdoor Installations in City Parks; San Jose, CA
1977 Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition
Artist Stories. Libra Gallery; Claremont, CA Bookworks. Mills College; Hayward, CA Union Gallery; San Jose, CA La Mamelle; San Francisco, CA
1975 Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Group Exhibition
Montalvo Center for the Arts; Saratoga, CA Three People. Gallery One; San Jose, CA Investigations. John White Gallery; San Jose, CA
AWARDS 1981 National Endowment for the Arts: Publication Grant. 1980 National Endowment for the Arts: Exhibition Grant. 1978 National Endowment for the Arts: Publication Grant. PUBLICATIONS Moret, A. “Greg Miller: Recent Work at William Turner Gallery.” Art Ltd. Sept/Oct 2009. Miller, Greg. “Greg Miller: Signs of the Nearly Actual.” Retrospective Art Book. 2008. Dougherty, Michael B. “Art Attack.” Vegas Magazine. May 2009. “Vintage Americana.” American Art Collector. May 2009. Bamsey, Ben. “Greg Miller.” Artworks Magazine. Spring 2009. McQuaid, Cate. “Going Back to Cali.” The Boston Globe. February 20, 2008. California Dreaming. Angeleno Magazine. 2007. Rozzo, Mark. “The Next Wave.” Men’s Vogue. Spring 2006. Another Room. Lucy Childs - editor Artworks and Bookworks. Judith Hoffberg and Joan Hugo - editors The Dumb Ox. James Hugunn and Theron Kelly - editors Gregory Miller. Article by Donald Kuspit Pagel, David. “Art: Reviews.” Los Angeles Times. December 31, 1992. Shattil, Arlene. “CIACE, Art Chicago a Study in Contrasts.” Art Business News. June 1992. Campbell, Jenny. Orange County Register. April 1986 Smith, Caalon. Los Angeles Times. January 1986. Curtis, Cathy. Orange County Register. January 1986. Jones, Judy. Irvine World News. December 1985. Muchnic, Suzanne. “Major and Minor.” Los Angeles Times. 1981. Burkhart, Dorothy. “Introductions.” San Jose Mercury. 1979. MacDonald, Robert. “Images of Women.” Art Week. 1979. Caen, Herb. “Censorship at the Kaiser Building.” San Francisco Chronicle. 1979. Sheer, Charles. “Corporations/The Arts.” Oakland Tribune. 1979. Hugo, Joan. “Artist Book.” Art Week. 1977. “California Artist.” Artes Visuales. October, 1976. Grant, Lynn. “The Printed Word.” Art Week. March, 1976. The Printed Word. Catalogue. Stephen Moore - editor Bookworks. Catalogue. Artist Catalogue. Jerry McAllister - editor PROFESSIONAL 1 9 8 9 -1 9 8 5 Claremont Graduate School of Art. Claremont, CA Associate Professor of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA Chair of Visual Communications Department Associate Professor of Design Associate Professor of Painting and Advanced Painting Courses
WILLIAM TURNER GALLERY BERGAMOT STATION ARTS CENTER 2525 MICHIGAN AVE., E-1 SANTA MONICA, CA 90404 P 310-453-0909 F 310-453-0908 www.williamturnergallery.com