Steve Pauley

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Steve Pauley

Steve Pauley, For Da Bitchez, 2004
Born December 22, 1973
Elkin, North Carolina, US
Nationality American
Field Sculpture, Printmaking, Painting
Training 2004, MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art

Steve Pauley is an artist currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY. His recent solo exhibitions include one at Freddy's Backroom in Brooklyn, NY; Crush and High Alert at Broadway Gallery in New York, NY; Instant Gratification at the Della Brown Taylor Gallery at West Virginia State University; and an at the Amalie Rothschild Gallery in Baltimore, MD. His main body of work consists of low relief sculpture on granite, marble, or found objects.[1]

"For Da Bitchez" (2004) is an example of Steve Pauley's sculptural work. The sculpture is a graffitied bathroom stall from Baltimore's Mount Royal Tavern, a local art student hang out. The bathroom stall was subjected to Pauley's sandblasting as he carved graffiti, traced from men's and women's restrooms, into it; one side from the men's room, another from the women's. In this case both the bathroom stall and the graffiti are found art.[2]

Pauley often includes images of graffiti, trash, advertising fliers, and other ephemera in his monumental stone sculptures.[3] By doing so he hopes to comment on our culture's need for instant gratification via consumerism as he carves these objects into stone and memorializes them.[4]

In 2007, the artist's work was included in the Bird Flew Exhibition at the Tribes Gallery as part of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. The New York Times dubbed Pauley's reliefs on absolute black granite to be the "most striking and unorthodox work" in the exhibition.[5]

External links

  • Official Website [1]

References

  1. ↑ Monica, Orosz (2007-02-15). "Instant Gratification". Charleston Daily Mail. pp. 1D, 4D. 
  2. ↑ Michael, O'Sullivan (2004-09-21). 'Sullivan&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=T.45&desc=Connecting+Past,+Present+and+Futures "Connecting Past, Present and Futures". The Washington Post. pp. T45. Retrieved 2004-09-27. 
  3. ↑ Glenn, McNatt (2005-06-21). "'Big Show' Rooted in the Community". The Baltimore Sun. pp. 6C. 
  4. ↑ Flok, Christine (2006). "Scraffito: Broadway Gallery". NY Arts Magazine 11 (9/10): 120. 
  5. ↑ Cotter, Holland (2007-08-15). "Bird Flew Exhibition". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-13. 
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