Wes Lang

American [Born Chatham, New Jersey] (36 years old, born 1972)

Sample work by Wes Lang

An Appeal to Heaven


Galleries showing Wes Lang

Stellan Holm Gallery
ZieherSmith

Shows with Wes Lang

Are You Ready For The Country? at ZieherSmithMay 22, 2008-Jun 21, 2008
Wes Lang dances through the bone-yard of America’s tattered narrative embracing both the darkness visible in gallows humor and the risky taunting of viewers in the face of their own taboos. Referencing the alternating pattern of American optimism and...

Exhibitions

Solo Shows

Posted: 2007-03-15
2007
Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
2006
Skulls and Shit, collaboration with Donald Baechler, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
2005
The Promised Land, ZieherSmith, New York
I Shall Be Released, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago
American Beauty, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
Night of 100 Covers Loyal #8 Release, Passerby/Gavin Brown Enterprise, NY & Gallery Milliken, Stockholm, Sweden
Home At Last, ZieherSmith, New York
2003
Self-portraits as a Handsome Young Man, RARE Gallery, New York
2002
Wes Lang: New Works on Paper, GV/AS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Bras, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York, catalogue with essay by Edward Albee
2000
Blacks & Whites, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York

Group Shows

Posted: 2007-03-15
2007
Dark Victory, curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, Greece
True Faith, curated by Paul Brainard, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York
2006
You have to be almost gifted to do what I do, Alexander and Bonin, New York
Panic Room - Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection, curated by Kathy Grayson and Jeffrey Deitch, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Rare Specimen: The Natural History Museum Show, curated by Clare Weiss, The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, New York
Don’t Abandon The Ship, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2005
Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen, New York
Loyal and his band hand drawn covers, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
Working Artists in Brooklyn, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Benefit White Columns Gallery, New York
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
Petits formats ou Miniatures, Galerie Quang, Paris, France
2004
The Hunt For Your Family, curated by Loyal, V-1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark / Exhibition also traveled to Odd Number, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
New York Dirt, Claska Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Stream, Rare Gallery, New York
2002
Waar Andrew Andrew Curatorial Services, New York
What’s New Pussycat?, Briggs Robinson Gallery, New York
She’s Crafty... and So Is He Sometimes, White Columns Gallery, New York
T & A GV/AS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Paper, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York
OIL, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York
2000
Hello My Name Is, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York
Meat Market, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York
1999
Under Scrutiny, Limner Gallery, New York

More Information

Posted: 2007-03-15
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Bibliography

Posted: 2007-03-15
2007
Skulls and shit, to be published by Galleri Loyal
Revisionaires, to be published Abrams (September 2007)
2006
Dagens Nyheter "Mannen, målaren, myten" by Håkan Nilsson, May 20th
Tokion Magazine Summer
Art Review “Memento vitae!”, by Lee Henderson, April
The New Yorker, “Rare Specimen,” April 3
Nylon, Japan, March
2005
V Man “Finely Drawn,” by Christopher Bollen, Issue 5 Fall/Winter
Loyal And His Band a book of international artists, published by Loyal
The Drama Issue #7 ”Wes Lang”, by Joel Speakmaker
Dagens Nyheter, "Everybody knows this is nowhere" by Jessica Kempe
Rodeo Magazine, ”Wild, Wild Wes” by Agnes af Geijerstam
Svenska Dagbladet, ”Pick of the day”, by Lars Loven, April 8
Dagens Nyheter, Coverage of American Beauty, April 8
Stockholm City, ”Stockholm Art Fair”, by Lina Wennersten, April 7
Tokion Magazine Issue 47, Interview with Nigel Cooke, May/June
Visionaire 33, “Work in Progress: Brave New World” by Jason Schmidt, Spring
Loyal Magazine Issue 9 “Wes Lang”, interview and images
2004
The Fader, “Wes Lang Is Trying to Change His Ways,” by Alex Wagner, Dec
Loyal Magazine Issue 8 Cover image
2003
Loyal Magazine Issue 7, Dave Dreher and Wes Lang, “AAAA League”
Loyal Magazine Issue 6, ”Wes Lang”
Tokion Magazine, ”Wes Lang: King of Art”, Adam Glickman, March/April
2002
Nylon Magazine, ”Book Mark: Boredom” by Shelly Ridenour, November
Dazed & Confused, ”I’m the Chairman of the Bored” by Ben Reardon, October
Time Out New York, ”Hello Pussycat”, by Sarah Valdez, August 1-8
Boredom New York: A Faile Collaboration, limited edition publication
Nylon Magazine, ”Genius”
2001
Mass Appeal Magazine, ”Death”, Winter
Death New York: A Faile Collaboration: limited edition publication
2000
Orange, New York: A Faile Collaboration: limited edition publication

Posted: 2007-03-15
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
Edward Albee Foundation New York, NY
Judith Rothchild Foundation New York, NY
Beth DeWoody New York, NY

AWARDS
2001 Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency Montauk, NY


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