David Zwirner opens an exhibition of works by William Eggleston and John McCracken
Installation view, William Eggleston and John McCracken: True Stories, David Zwirner, New York, March 9 April 24, 2021. Courtesy David Zwirner.
NEW YORK, NY
.-David Zwirner is presenting an exhibition of works by William Eggleston and John McCrackenthe first time these two iconic American artists have been featured together. On view at the gallerys East 69th Street location in New York, True Stories places Eggleston and McCracken into dialogue around their expressive use of color and light, and their distinct versions of American vernacular culture.
Born within five years of one anotherMcCracken in Berkeley, California, in 1934, and Eggleston in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1939the two artists came of age outside of the dominant centers of the art world, internalizing the spaces and light of the American West and South. Working in sculpture and photography, respectively, each would go on to
Biography
Ashley Bickteron is a Barbados-born American artist known for his baroque multimedia approach to exploring contemporary society. Juxtaposing photographic prints, thick oil paint, and found objects, Bickteron depicts alien figures amidst the detritus of consumer culture. “I’m interested in the liberating aspect of being totally untethered, let loose in the worst possible environments,” he explained. “I like things to be seven kinds of wrong. If they are seven kinds of wrong, sometimes the wrongs neutralize themselves.” Born in 1959 on the island of Barbados, Bickerton’s father was a linguistic scholar that traveled the world with his family before settling in Hawaii in 1972. The artist received his BFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 1982, before moving to New York where he attended the Whitney Independent Study Program. While in New York, Bickerton developed the brand name