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'''Ion Birch''' (born 1971 in [[New York, NY]]) is a contemporary American artist. Birch graduated from the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] in 1994.<ref>[http://hortongallery.com/artist/ionbirch/cv Ion Birch curriculum vitae at Horton Gallery]</ref> |
'''Ion Birch''' (born 1971 in [[New York, NY]]) is a contemporary American artist. Birch graduated from the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] in 1994.<ref>[http://hortongallery.com/artist/ionbirch/cv Ion Birch curriculum vitae at Horton Gallery]</ref> <ref>Ion Birch in "Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820-2009" at The National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts. [http://www.nationalacademy.org/pageview.asp?mid=3&pid=89]</ref><ref>Ion Birch in "Contemporary Erotic Drawing" at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art. [http://www.aldrichart.org/exhibitions/past/erotic.php]</ref> |
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==Work== |
==Work== |
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Birch has worked in the mediums of drawing and painting. Often incorporating black humor and [[caricature]], he creates unusual images that evoke poetic narratives, these works involve a high degree of subjectivity and are often cryptic in their meaning. Birch is best known for his [[graphite]] on paper works which incorporate [[phallus|phallic symbols]] and other [[erotic art|erotic imagery]]. He has stated that these works are a meditation on the nature of repression.<ref>Freight + Volume Issue #2, Spring 2008</ref> Birch has been grouped within broader trends of figurative and conceptual art that focus on contemporary perceptions of the body and sexuality. |
Birch has worked in the mediums of drawing and painting. Often incorporating black humor and [[caricature]], he creates unusual images that evoke poetic narratives, these works involve a high degree of subjectivity and are often cryptic in their meaning. Birch is best known for his [[graphite]] on paper works which incorporate [[phallus|phallic symbols]] and other [[erotic art|erotic imagery]]. He has stated that these works are a meditation on the nature of repression.<ref>Freight + Volume Issue #2, Spring 2008</ref> Birch has been grouped within broader trends of figurative and conceptual art that focus on contemporary perceptions of the body and sexuality. <ref>Ion Birch in "Sex Drive" curated by Stuart Horodner at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. |
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==Exhibitions== |
==Exhibitions== |
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Revision as of 13:32, 18 November 2011
Ion Birch (born 1971 in New York, NY) is a contemporary American artist. Birch graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1994.[1] [2][3]
Work
Birch has worked in the mediums of drawing and painting. Often incorporating black humor and caricature, he creates unusual images that evoke poetic narratives, these works involve a high degree of subjectivity and are often cryptic in their meaning. Birch is best known for his graphite on paper works which incorporate phallic symbols and other erotic imagery. He has stated that these works are a meditation on the nature of repression.[4] Birch has been grouped within broader trends of figurative and conceptual art that focus on contemporary perceptions of the body and sexuality. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). In 2005, his drawings were included in the traveling exhibition Contemporary Erotic Drawing (curated by Stuart Horodner, Sara Kellner and Harry Philbrick), which originated at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut.[5] In 2009 he was included in the exhibition “Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820-2009” at The National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts.[6] He has most recently been included in the exhibition "Sex Drive" curated by Stuart Horodner at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.[7]
Bibliography
Birch has been the focus of articles and interviews in publications Les Inrockuptibles [8], Tank Magazine [9], and Me Magazine [10] ; his work has been reviewed in The New York Times [11], The Village Voice [12] and Artnews [13], among others.
References
- ^ Ion Birch curriculum vitae at Horton Gallery
- ^ Ion Birch in "Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820-2009" at The National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts. [1]
- ^ Ion Birch in "Contemporary Erotic Drawing" at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art. [2]
- ^ Freight + Volume Issue #2, Spring 2008
- ^ Ion Birch in "Contemporary Erotic Drawing" at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art. [3]
- ^ Ion Birch in "Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820-2009" at The National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts. [4]
- ^ Ion Birch in "Sex Drive" curated by Stuart Horodner at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. [5]
- ^ Bojikian, Maria "Sexe 2011" Les Inrockuptibles No. 817-819 du 27 juillet au 16 août 2011
- ^ Canning, Claire "Art Land" Tank Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 2, January, 2001
- ^ Me Magazine #2 Miho Aoki, Winter, 2004
- ^ Glueck, Grace "Airborne Sex and Wicked Wallpaper: Sensual Samplings" The New York Times, July 29, 2005
- ^ Shuster, Robert "Spring Guide" The Village Voice, March 18th 2009
- ^ Yablonsky, Linda "How Far Can You Go?" Artnews, January, 2004