Cecily Brown

Still life with pigeon pie, 2022-23
Pastel on paper
31.5 in. x 47.5 in. / 80.01 cm. x 120.65 cm.

Cecily Brown (b. 1969, London) draws from the compositional structure, historical motifs, and virtuosic brushwork of master painters and popular culture across a diverse range of genres. Using a palette ranging from bright hues to deep blacks, her works obscure singular readings as their compositions break down into restless, anfractuous, and elusive activity.

Recent notable solo exhibitions include “Cecily Brown,” Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2022); “Cecily Brown,” at Blenheim Palace, U.K. (2020–2021); “Where, When, How Often and with Whom” at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (2018); “If Paradise Were Half as Nice,” Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (2018); and “Rehearsal,” at The Drawing Center, New York (2016). “Death and the Maid,” a survey of Brown’s work, is currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Her work is included in public collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Louisiana Museum, Denmark; the National Gallery, Oslo,Norway; the Tate Gallery, London; Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Courtesy of the artist

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