Oil painting of a young child with wavy hair, depicted in a colorful, swirling style against a green background.

Glenn Brown / Transmutations: What’s Old is New Again

John and Ethel MacKinnon Gallery

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Daydream Nation, 2017, Oil on panel, Peterson Family Collection, L2017:142.12

The JSMA will exhibit eight works by Glenn Brown, selected by new and longtime masterworks collectors. Distinctive in Britain’s contemporary art market, Brown revives the art historical past through delicate acts of appropriation that build upon the legacy of Renaissance and Romantic masters. Seven of the works exemplify the paintings and drawings that comprise the majority of Brown’s oeuvre. Thanks to support from the Peterson Family Collection, a catalog accompanies the exhibition and includes an essay by Emily Shinn, a graduate student in the History of Art and Architecture.

Bronze sculpture of a child peeking around a colorful, textured tree.
Glenn Brown (British, born 1966). Trivial Pursuit, 2017. Oil paint over acrylic on bronze sculpture. Peterson Family Collection