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November 2022
Russell Young’s Iconic Series FAME Debuts in America with Multiple Exhibitions at Art Miami
After history-making exhibitions in Shanghai & Harrods in London, FAME comes to Art Miami, SCOPE & CONTEXT
Miami, FL – British-American artist Russell Young exhibits his series FAME for the first time in America, with Taglialatella Galleries at SCOPE Art Show and Art Angels Gallery at both Art Miami and CONTEXT, November 29 – December 4, 2022.
Russell Young’s silk screen series FAME has a rich history. It was first exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai. The series then headed to London, where it made history exhibiting in the windows of luxury department store Harrods. Young is the first and only artist since Harrods was founded in 1849 to be given this honor. The series was then exhibited inside Harrods as well as a 100 painting exhibition at Halcyon Gallery.
Now, for the first time, FAME makes its debut in America, with multiple exhibitions in Miami, during Art Basel, introducing audiences to his fascination with cultural icons and the American Dream.
“FAME is an interwoven story of an American timeline and a cast of iconic characters who embody a cultural golden age.”
– Russell Young
In FAME, Young gazes at pure stardom to examine the cultural phenomenon of fame and the nature of the American Dream. These icons—featuring the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Bruce Lee, Steve McQueen, Bridgette Bardot, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, and many others—are extensions of Young’s personal love of music and film.
These hand-pulled silk screen paintings are made with one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted pigments and unique colorways as well as a layer of the artist’s signature use of diamond dust, which gives the work tactile, sculptural qualities.
Young’s work is included in many prominent private and institutional collections including those of Barack Obama, David Bowie, Drake, Angelina Jolie, David Hockney, Brad Pitt, and others, as well as The Getty Collection in Los Angeles and The White House Collection in Washington, D.C.
“’Over half a century on, fame is at the centre of Young’s work, and famous people are a large part of his fan base. Everyone from Barack Obama, Jennifer Aniston, Kim Kardashian, and Idris Elba are fans and collectors of his giant Warholesque silk-screens.”
– Celia Walden, The Telegraph
Details
SCOPE
Booth B01
CONTEXT
Booth A17
Art Miami
Booth AM506
About Russell Young
Russell Young, born in 1959 in Yorkshire, is a British-American artist best known for his large scale silk screen paintings examining cultural icons, the nature of fame, and the souring of the American Dream.
His earliest breakthrough was his photography of George Michael for the sleeve of the album Faith in 1987. Young photographed many music stars throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including Morrissey, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, REM, The Smiths, Bauhaus, Diana Ross, Paul Newman, Björk, and many others. He went on to shoot over 100 music videos for leading artists during MTV’s height in the 1990s, which brought him to the United States.
Young eventually moved to California, where he began his current practice with his sold-out show Pig Portraits in Los Angeles in 2003. The many series that have followed, including his ongoing Heroes + Heroines and WEST, demonstrate his visceral, analog processes and signature use of diamond dust. He has exhibited across the world in numerous galleries alongside masterclass artists, institutions, and cultural figures. These include museum exhibitions at the Modern Art Museum Shanghai, Multimedia Art Museum Moscow, Cornell Art Museum, Polk Museum of Art, and the Goss-Michael Foundation. His genesis NFT debuted and sold on SuperRare in 2022.
Young’s work is included in many prominent private and institutional collections including those of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Barack Obama, David Bowie, Drake, Angelina Jolie, David Hockney, Kayne West, Brad Pitt, and others, as well as The Getty Collection in Los Angeles and The White House Collection in Washington, D.C. His works have crossed the auction block at all of the world’s major auction houses, including Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips.
He currently lives in Southern California.
Website: www.russellyoung.com
Instagram: @bankrobbercalifornia
Twitter: @_russellyoung