Mark Flood (b. 1957, Houston, TX) is an interdisciplinary artist known for his dystopic, punk-informed sensibility. Flood's work developed out of his background in the local Houston punk scene, where he designed concert flyers and performed in the band Culturcide. Flood later worked as a museum assistant for the Menil Collection and often cites art historical references in his work. His appropriative assemblages, inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell, offer ironic critiques of the art world by hijacking its jargon and serially deploying slogans like "ANOTHER PAINTING" and "ART FAIR FEVER!" Recognised for his contrarian attitude, Flood turns the format of declarative, all-caps sloganeering against itself. His dark, irreverent sense of humor is consistent across his distressed paintings and sculptures, which assimilate provocative catchphrases, finance infographics, altered logos, warped celebrity headshots, and ghostly torn lace. Recent solo exhibitions include Karma, New York (2020); Maccarone Gallery, New York (2017); Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (2016); Frank Elbaz, Dallas (2016); Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco (2016); Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2015); and Peres Projects, Berlin (2015).
Read MoreFlood's work is represented in the Contemporary Art Collection of Birmingham Art Museum, Birmingham, Alabama; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Menil Collection, Houston.
Text courtesy Karma.
