GLENN BROWN
on "Closed Eyes" (1890) by Odilon Redon for the Musée d’Orsay
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
18 February 2020
offline For the Musée d'Orsay's "Une oeuvre / Un regard", the British painter Glenn Brown chose "Closed Eyes" by Odilon Redon, a very enigmatic Work that "draws you in… to think about it, not just look at it".
Glenn Brown (British, 1966) is known for his use of art historical references in his paintings. Brown transforms the appropriated image by changing its color, position and size. His grotesque yet fascinating figures appear to be painted with thick impasto but are actually executed through the application of thin, swirling brushstrokes. His recent practice explore morphing and layering drawings from artists past, creating his particularly masterful amalgamations of lightness, action and form.
With the generous support of VSI Paris - CHINKEL SA
GLENN BROWN
The Leisure Centre (solo show)
The Brown Collection, London
15 September 2023 – 3 August 2024
Coinciding with Frieze London 2023, the Brown Collection presents its third exhibition, The Leisure Centre, at Bentinck Mews in Marylebone, London. The exhibition brings together works by Glenn Brown with artists from the past and present, from Brown’s personal collection.
GLENN BROWN
The Real Thing (publication)
Published by Holzwarth Publications, 2023
Text by Jurriaan Benschop, Glenn Brown, Katja Lembke, Reinhard Spieler
The catalogue accompanying Glenn Brown’s double exhibition The Real Thing, currently on view at the Sprengel Museum and Landesmuseum Hannover until 18 June 2023, is now available for purchase. This publication condenses the key ideas of the exhibition, which presents Brown’s work alongside a selection of historical masterworks from the two collections. In this way, Brown brings continuities and contrasts from 500 years of painting into a contemporary dialogue. The publication contains new texts by Jurriaan Benschop, Katja Lembke, and Reinhard Spieler, as well as a conversation with the artist.
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Glenn Brown opens museum dedicated to his works (solo show)
The Brown Collection, London
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
The Brown Collection is home to the art collection of the British artist Glenn Brown, CBE. With over three floors of exhibition space in a renovated warehouse in Marylebone, London, the building also houses the artist’s archives and administrative offices.
The inaugural exhibition shows the breadth of Brown’s body of work, including paintings, drawings and sculptures. These include the artist’s early appropriations of Frank Auerback and Jean-Honore Fragonard in Shallow Deaths, 2000, and Shallow End, 2011, exquisite mid-career drawings in antique frames, and paintings such as On the Way to the Leisure Centre, 2018, as well as his newest works that highlight a distinctive painterly drawing mark on layered portraits after Renaissance Old Masters. Future exhibitions will include works by other historical and contemporary artists that have inspired or converse with works in the collection. Brown also intends to create a large, site-specific mural work after Abraham Bloemaert in the galleries in the future.
Wheelchair or special access is available by appointment.
Address:
The Brown Collection
1 Bentinck Mews
London W1U 2AF
Opening hours during Frieze London:
Tuesday, 11 October to Sunday, 16 October 2022
11 am – 6 pm
Regular opening hours:
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
11 am – 6 pm
Glenn Brown