Zane Lewis
| Zane Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 |
| Nationality |
 United States |
| Education | School of Visual Arts, Atlanta College of Art |
| Known for | Painting, Sculpture, Installation, Abstraction |
| Notable work |
Drip Paintings 2006-2009 Untitled, (Destroyed Jesus) 2010 Mirror, Mirrors 2010 Shatter Paintings 2010-2011 |
Zane Lewis (born 1981, San Antonio, Texas) is an American artist and occasional DJ who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.[1][2]
He studied fine art at the School of Visual Arts, The Atlanta College of Art, and briefly Pratt Institute, riding scholarships from school to school ultimately graduating with a BFA in sculpture in 2004 from the (now defunct) Atlanta College of Art. At the time Lewis was the youngest artist ever to exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Georgia, having been commissioned by the museum to create an installation before graduating with his degree.[3]
In recent years Lewis has become an elusive figure, often absent from the public eye and distanced from the art world.[4] He’s known to avoid interviews and to have denied reputable collectors studio visits. His own website once stated that he was dead, however this was proven false.[5]
Lewis would often blur conventional distinctions between painting and sculpture by presenting his work in an installation-type format. For example, Lewis used a unique drip painting technique in which cascades of poured paint leaked from canvases and spilled onto the floor of the exhibition space. Christopher Bollen, Editor of Interview Magazine, called this method of Lewis' "making art bleed."[3] "The artist allows the gash to “bleed” brightly colored paint (which he has applied), in order to express a transient and dying glamor."[6]
In 2006, the Wall Street Journal included Lewis in an article titled "The 23-Year Old Masters," along with Ryan Trecartin, Jordan Wolfson and Dash Snow[7] in a selection of ten top emerging US artists. He has also exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art Party Auction in conjunction with Phillips de Pury and featured as a "Groundbreaker" artist in the Whitney Museum groundbreaking ceremony for the new location in lower Manhattan.[8][6]
Lewis is also a distant cousin of James Dean.[3]
Notes and references
- ↑ Artpace Gala Happenings, ARTPACE News, 16 April 2014.
- ↑ Slenske, Michael. "Spray It Loud", Wmagazine.com, 10 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bollen, Christopher. "Zane Lewis Makes Art Bleed", VMAN, Spring/Summer 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
- ↑ "Interview with Zane Lewis", Huffington Post ARTS & CULTURE, Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ↑ "Zane Lewis is temporarily dead: New York artist interview", "Examiner: Arts & Exhibits", August 10, 2009.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Zane Lewis, Untitled (Mirror Study) archived at Whitney Art Party artists
- ↑ Crow, Kelly. "The 23-Year Old Masters", Wall Street Journal, 17 April 2006. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
- ↑ Davis, Peter. "Whitney Art Party 2010", VOGUE Italia, 10 June 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.