Jim Shaw (b. 1952)
Dream Object (I got lost in a small town where I banged a chicken into a wall and took it into a bakery where they said it was 15 pounds to cook. Michael U. was talking on a pay phone which leaked water and Frederick had freaked out on drugs. In an old house with ugly carpeting I was doing paintings from old cigarette ads, of people splashed by sea foam in surf, on slatted wood. I wasn't too happy with them but I thought I could do a whole show of paintings on unusual surfaces. Larry J. said his favorite 50s sitcom was about a kid whose angel brought him dresses to wear...)
Jim Shaw (b. 1952) Dream Object (I got lost in a small town where I banged a chicken into a wall and took it into a bakery where they said it was 15 pounds to cook. Michael U. was talking on a pay phone which leaked water and Frederick had freaked out on drugs. In an old house with ugly carpeting I was doing paintings from old cigarette ads, of people splashed by sea foam in surf, on slatted wood. I wasn't too happy with them but I thought I could do a whole show of paintings on unusual surfaces. Larry J. said his favorite 50s sitcom was about a kid whose angel brought him dresses to wear...) signed and dated 'Jim Shaw 01' (on the reverse) oil on routed panel 29½ x 23¾ (74 x 60 cm.) Executed in 2001.
Jim Shaw (b. 1952)
Dream Object (I got lost in a small town where I banged a chicken into a wall and took it into a bakery where they said it was 15 pounds to cook. Michael U. was talking on a pay phone which leaked water and Frederick had freaked out on drugs. In an old house with ugly carpeting I was doing paintings from old cigarette ads, of people splashed by sea foam in surf, on slatted wood. I wasn't too happy with them but I thought I could do a whole show of paintings on unusual surfaces. Larry J. said his favorite 50s sitcom was about a kid whose angel brought him dresses to wear...)
Jim Shaw (b. 1952) Dream Object (I got lost in a small town where I banged a chicken into a wall and took it into a bakery where they said it was 15 pounds to cook. Michael U. was talking on a pay phone which leaked water and Frederick had freaked out on drugs. In an old house with ugly carpeting I was doing paintings from old cigarette ads, of people splashed by sea foam in surf, on slatted wood. I wasn't too happy with them but I thought I could do a whole show of paintings on unusual surfaces. Larry J. said his favorite 50s sitcom was about a kid whose angel brought him dresses to wear...) signed and dated 'Jim Shaw 01' (on the reverse) oil on routed panel 29½ x 23¾ (74 x 60 cm.) Executed in 2001.
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