The Brant Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of a major survey of pioneering artist, Kenny Scharf. Opening November 13, 2024, the exhibition brings together over 70 paintings, sculptures, and objects created throughout the artist’s expansive career, beginning with works from the late seventies. The survey is compiled from the Brant collections as well as major loans from institutions and private collections, including The Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) and The Broad (Los Angeles). Kenny Scharf is co-curated by Peter M. Brant and Tony Shafrazi in close collaboration with the artist.
Rising to popularity in the 1980s, during the East Village’s vibrant interdisciplinary art scene, alongside peers such as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf (b. 1958, Hollywood, CA) pioneered the street-art movement. Scharf articulated a distinct artistic language that has endured throughout his practice. During this period, he also counted Warhol as a mentor, and the famed popartist’s impact on the young Scharf can be seen today in his appropriation of comic book figures and other pop culture icons, shown in Jetsons (1980) and Elroy Explanation (1981). Go to Website
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