May 21, 2020
Insider's Picks: Christian Rex Van Minnen
Christian Rex Van Minnen, a painter based in California and is represented by Future Fair exhibitor Richard Heller Gallery, selects his favorites from Future Fair 2020.
Manuela Marques, Point du fuite, 2019. Digital print on baryta paper, 43 3/10 × 65 × 1 1/5 in, 110 × 165 × 3 cm. Edition 1/3 + 2AP. Courtesy of Galerie Anne Barrault.
Christian Rex van Minnen (born 1980) is an American artist who lives and works in California. van Minnen creates highly detailed paintings, monotypes and sculpture that focus on a layering of both paint and narrative, expanding the potentiality of contrasts in values, textures and emotions. He is represented by Future Fair exhibitor Richard Heller Gallery.
Stereotypography (Neuland, Neuform), 2017
Magazine clippings, nozzle test sheet, solvent transfer, marbled paper, walnut wood fragment, chipboard, oak frame.
23 × 29 in
58.4 × 73.7 cm.
Courtesy of Rubber Factory
"Inflatable Cardboard Box (Blue Whale)", 2004
Deconstructed cardboard, PVC, wood, valve, artist’s air
6 × 18 × 9 in
40.6 × 45.7 × 22.9 cm
Courtesy of Elijah Wheat Showroom.
Untitled 2, 2019-2020
Archival digital pigment print on Belgian linen
40 × 40 × 2 in
101.6 × 101.6 × 5.1 cm
Courtesy of bitforms.
IGP, 2020
Marker transfer and urethane resin
43 × 29 1/2 in
109.2 × 74.9 cm
Courtesy of Klowden Mann.
Museum Night, 2020
Oil and Pastel on Canvas
59 1/10 × 59 1/10 × 2 in
150 × 150 × 5 cm
Courtesy of Dio Horia.
Meditation on Gravity, 2013
Acrylic, graphite, collage on paper
40 × 26 in
101.6 × 66 cm
Courtesy of New Discretions.
Bury me in his tits, 2020
Hand-tufted fabric
36 × 40 × 20 in
91.4 × 101.6 × 50.8 cm
Courtesy of Situations.
Surface, 2019
Oil on canvas
32 × 25 × 2 in
81.3 × 63.5 × 5.1 cm
Courtesy of Mother Gallery.
Inconclusive Providence, 2020
Oil on linen
20 × 16 in
50.8 × 40.6 cm
Courtesy of Richard Heller Gallery.
Tree Window, 2018
Oil on burlap on panel
12 × 10 in
30.5 × 25.4 cm
Courtesy of 12.26.
Point du fuite, 2019
Digital print on baryta paper
43 3/10 × 65 × 1 1/5 in
110 × 165 × 3 cm
Edition 1/3 + 2AP
Courtesy of Galerie Anne Barrault.
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