Paul Weiner on Abstractions, the Flag & Being Very Online

In These Uncertain Times

English - November 18, 2020 02:56 - 1 hour - 88.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
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Paul Weiner (he/him) joins to discuss his process of creating abstract art, how the themes and iconography of our current moment are showing up in his work, and about how online culture can fuel some of our most intense rhetoric and deepen trenches. We also do a post-mortem analysis of the 2020 election cycle and think forward to what will happen in 2021 and beyond.

Paul Weiner is a 27-year-old artist who makes abstract paintings imbued with political and social meaning. Many of Weiner’s violently obscured and distressed artworks grapple with the contemporary identity and history of the United States. He also makes sculptures, prints, and drawings that contain a library of political and cultural symbols. Aside from abstraction, his work is best known for addressing the American flag and the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, which occurred in his hometown. Weiner’s recent text drawings address the COVID-19 pandemic, American activism’s relationship to power, and social media’s role in contemporary culture.

Weiner’s recent solo exhibitions include venues such as Krupic Kersting Gallery in Cologne, Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art in Houston, Carthage College in Kenosha, Long Road Projects in Jacksonville, and TWFINEART in Brisbane. His work was included in group exhibitions at Pablo's Birthday in New York, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art in Georgia, Museo Jumex in Mexico City, se! rum in Denmark, Delphian Gallery in London, Arvada Center in Colorado, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein in Germany, Re: Art in Brooklyn, Marquee Projects in Bellport, New York, and Mana Contemporary in Chicago among many others. He recently completed a commission of multiple paintings for Kehinde Wiley at the Black Rock Senegal residency.

Follow Paul on Instagram: @poweiner
Check out Paul’s Website.

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