SELECTED WORKS BY Michael Cline
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Michael Cline
Woman in Doorway, O.K.
2007
Oil on linen
177.8 x 111.7 cm |
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With a style reminiscent of George Grosz and Pierre Klossowski, Michael Cline's paintings portray scenes of contemporary fable. Stemming from his interest in faith, atonement, and the American Dream, Cline's images describe an imperfect world, where saints, sinners, and ordinary folk play out narratives of the artist's invention. |
Michael Cline
Police Line
2007
Oil on linen
162.5 x 116.8 cm |
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Executed with pristine innocence, Cline’s canvases are dreamily dystopian, using pastel tones and chaste illustration to depict instances of subtle horror. In works such as Woman In Doorway and Police Line, uncomfortable subjects such as violence and sex are rendered with small town serenity, their quirky folksiness underscoring the laissez-faire of open secrets and closed-door gossip. |
Michael Cline
That's That
2008
Oil on linen
241.3 x 190.5 cm |
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Michael Cline
Free Turn
2008
Oil on linen
241.3 x 190.5 cm |
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ARTIST INFORMATION
Michael Cline's BIOGRAPHY
1973
Born Cape Canaveral, Florida
Lives and Works in Queens
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005
A Day Without Yesterday, David Kordansky, Los Angeles
The Box, Wrong Gallery, New York City
Galleria Marta Cervera, Madrid
Put the Solutions Away, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York City
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
Panic Room -Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, curated by Jeffrey Deitch and Kathy Grayson,
Deste Foundation, Athens
2005
Dirty Pigeons, 96 Gillespie, London
Little Odysseys, curated by Nicelle Beauchene, Marianne Boesky Gallery
The General's Jamboree, Guild and Greyshkul
2004
Happy Days are Here Again, curated by Andre Schlechtriem, David Zwirner, New York City
California Earthquakes, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York City
Worthless Prot??g??, Suburban Gallery, Chicago
Rope Climb, curated by Kathryn Hixson and Sandra Dillon, Schopf Gallery on Lake, Chicago
Armory Show 2004, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York City
2003
Unframed First Look, , Juried by Ross Bleckner, Peter Halley, & Sue Williams, Lehmann Maupin Gallery
The Push Pin Project, Deluxe Projects, Chicago
ArtHotel2003, Chicago
Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Believe in Yourself, PTDW Project Space, SAIC
2002
The Stray Show, FA/Municipal, Chicago
One Night Stand, 1926 Exhibitions Studies Space, Chicago
Middle of the Road: A Suburban Affect, , 1926 Exhibitions Studies Space, Chicago
2001
12th annual Select Art Students in the State University System Exhibition, Juror, Mark Dion, Sponsored by Atlantic
Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach
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