Scab Noggin, 1988
Acrylic on canvas. 72 x 72 in. (182.9 x 182.9 cm).
Signed, titled and dated “S. Parrino ‘Scab Noggin’ 1988” on the reverse; stamped “Steven Parrino” on the right side.
PROVENANCE Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan; Private collection, Italy
EXHIBITED Moscow, Gagosian Gallery, for what you are about to receive, September 18 - October 25, 2008; New York, Stellan Holm Gallery, The Unforgiven, November 7 – December 6, 2008; Zurich, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Steven Parrino, February 15 - April 4, 2008
LITERATURE W. Robinson, “Art Market Watch,” Artnet Magazine (online content) September 13, 2007; M. Sahakian, “Review: Steven Parrino,” Artkrush (online content) March 19, 2008; Gagosian Gallery, ed., for what you are about to receive, Moscow, 2008, p. 111 (illustrated)
"Even when Parrino’s works are nearly flat, they are as much about sculpture, mass, form and volume as they are about painting. He understood that sculpture and painting are both intrinsically about space (and this includes the space of the gallery), and his hybrid...
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