MATHEW CERLETTY

Cerletty—a true ‘sign painter,’ as de Kooning famously said of Jasper Johns—takes an expanded view of portraiture, extending its reverential treatment to Ruscha-esque logos and commercial tableaus. Paralleling the irreverent photography of Christopher Williams, Cerletty’s product ‘photos’ transgress tradition with a machine-made look and a deadpan sense of humour.

His recent solo exhibitions include The Power Station, Dallas (2020); Standard, Oslo (2019); Karma, New York (2018); Office Baroque, Brussels (2014); and Blum and Poe, Los Angeles (2013); among others. Recent group exhibitions include Alexander Berggruen, New York (2019); Office Baroque (2017); Hannah Hoffman Gallery (2016); and the Whitney Museum of American Art (2016). Cerletty’s works can be found in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo.

Text courtesy Karma.