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Mike Lash
Né en 1961 à Colombus, USA
Vit et travaille à Chicago, USA
Représenté en France par la galerie du jour agnès b. à Paris et aux USA par la Lyons Wier Gallery à New York
Le travail de Mike Lash se présente le plus souvent sous la forme de dessins, proches de l’esprit des bandes dessinées
et des graffitis. Le geste y est volontairement pauvre et dérisoire. Mike Lash y montre des hommes condamnés à vivre
dans un monde inhumain, absurde, où ils n’ont plus à leur disposition que l’humour le plus noir. Mike Lash utilise
pour ses dessins toutes sortes de matériaux de rebut. Il fait éclater et jouer le langage, notamment quand les textes des
dessins et des titres se perturbent ou se contredisent. C’est à partir de ce constat très sombre que Mike Lash tente de
maintenir l’art dans ses fonctions thérapeutiques et de symbolique universelle.
PRINCIPALES EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES
2010 Paintings, Impulse art fair one person feature booth, NY
2009 Lies for Leo, signature du livre et exposition, agnès b. Madison Avenue, New York
Paintings, agnès b. Union Square, New York
Lies for Leo, agnès b. Tokyo, Japan
Lies for Leo, librairie de la galerie du jour agnès b., Paris
2008 Mike Lash, GARDENfresh, Chicago
1997 Etc., galerie du jour agnès b., Paris
1995 Mattenberg, Schwabisch-Gmünd, Wiesbaden.
Mike Lash publie journaux, recueils de poèmes et pièces de théâtre pour enfants.
1994 Moving Pictures, Space Gallery, Chicago
Think of This as Real, galerie du jour agnès b., Paris
1993 Artist, Artobject, and Viewer, In Vitro, Genève
Mike Lash, Galerie Ruine, Genève
Desperate Living, Galerie Urbi et Orbi, Paris
Ninety Seconds of Art, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
Ninety Seconds of Art, Indiana University, Northwest, Gary
1992 That Sexy TV Image, China Club, Chicago
Ninety Seconds of Art, Milly’s Orchid Show, Park West, Chicago
Meaningless Gesture, Beret International Gallery, Chicago
Mike Lash, Paintings, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Illinois
Mike Lash : An Act of Appropriation, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
Mike Lash : Paintings, Galerie Urbi & Orbi, Paris
1991 A Minor Retrospective of Unsold Works, installation de 100 œuvres, University of Illinois, Champaign
I Made This Myself, Cityarts Gallery, Chicago
Ninety Seconds of Art, Illinois State University, Normal
1990 Another Chair Piece, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago
The Wild Planet, Milwaukee
The Lizard Loung, Chicago
1800 Clybourn Gallery, Chicago
Paintings, Art Jones Gallery, Chicago
1989 Three Vastly Important Paintings, (Bathroom Installation), Name Gallery, Chicago
Installation of 250 Works, Gallery Lada, Belgrade
Facade Charade, Lounge Ax Gallery, Chicago
Twelve Very Important Paintings, Local Option, Chicago
1988 The Myth of Stability, installation de 150 œuvres, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago
Eight Paintings and One Print, Lounge Ax, Chicago
Jack the Cat series, Red Star Printing, Chicago
800 Insipid Drawings, installation de 800 œuvres, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago
PRINCIPALES EXPOSITIONS DE GROUPE
1998 galerie du jour agnès b., Paris
1997 Portfolio 97, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 Art Chicago 96, présenté par la galerie du jour agnès b.
Don Baum Says : “Chicago Has Famous Artists”, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
NIU Collected, NIU Art Museum, Gallery in Chicago, Chicago, IL
Mississippi River, Ten States Ten Artists, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
1995 Three Artists who Draw, University of Indiana, Northwest, Gary
Not Just Another Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Three Artists Who Draw, University of Indiana, Northwest Gary, IN
1994 A Passionate Perspective : Francis & June Spizer Collection of Art, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford
Deluge, Lyons-Wier Gallery, Chicago
1993 Once Upon A Time, Gallery A, Chicago
Laughing Matters, Gallery 400, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
55th Anniversary Exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Deluge, Lyons Weir Gallery, Chicago
Stolen Art - May Group Show, Beret International, Chicago
1992 The Home Shows, Center Gallery, Detroit
The Sentimental Show, Beret International Gallery, Chicago
Artist Books from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Conceptualism / Post-Conceptualism, 1960’s to 1990’s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Drawings, An Installation of 120 Works, Center Gallery, Detroit
Housewares on Level 6, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago
Chicago Artists, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago
Humor, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Surprize! Surprize! Surprize!, Beret International Gallery, Chicago
1991 Small Works Salon, Rike Center Gallery, Dayton
New Acquisitions, Illinois State University, Normal
New Acquisitions, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford
Free Art Show, Beret International Gallery, Chicago
Art Unexposed, Beret International Gallery, Chicago
Chicago Sampler, Union Art Gallery, Kansas State University
Front in & Back Out, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago
The Dome Room, Excalibur, Chicago
Buy-Low, Prairie Gallery, Chicago
Foreign Policy Show, The Garage, Chicago
The Woolworth Show, Holstein Park Fieldhouse, Chicago
1989 The Sandy Seawright Collection, Rowe Center, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
18 Artists, 18 Major Works, 1800 Clybourn, Chicago
T-Shirts by Artists Exhibition and Sale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1987 What I Didn’t Do on My Summer Vacation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
N.I.U. UNI, installation de 11 œuvres, Northern Illinois University, Art Gallery in Chicago, Chicago
Installation of 62 Works, Slam-Slam Gallery, Chicago
1986 1840 Hubbard 2 Days, 1840 Hubbard Space, Chicago
COLLECTIONS PUBLIQUES
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève
Illinois State University University Galleries, Normal, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Artist’s Book Collection, Chicago, IL
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
National Museum of Art, Washington, D. C.
PRIX
1990 Art Matters, Inc.
1988 Chicago Artists Abroad, Columbia College
PRESSE ET CATALOGUES
1995 « Mike Lash, galerie du jour agnès b. » de Jean-François Raffali, Blocnotes, Paris, n° 9, page 84
« Mike Lash, galerie du jour agnès b. » de Paul Ardenne, Art Press, juin
1993 Art Press, Paris, N° 180, mai 1993
1992 Meaningless Gestures, Beret International Gallery, Chicago
Art in America, novembre, pages 144 et 145
1991 Strong Coffee, mars
The Daily Vidette, 18 mars
New Art Examiner, mars
1990 Chicago Tribune
1989 ArtNews, février, page 154
Profile, avril
« First Mow Five Lawns », Charlotte Observer, Break Magazine, septembre, page 14
« Instalacija od 350 radova », Galerija Lada, Belgrade
© Mike Lash
Luckly, I was well disguised, 1999
Signé et daté au dos, titré à gauche
Acrylique sur bois
94,7 X 13,7 X 1,2 cm