Rob Pruitt

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The work of Rob Pruitt (b. 1964, Washington, D.C.) is rooted in a pop sensibility and a playful critique of art world structures. His conceptual projects have encompassed sensational staged events such as his infamous Cocaine Buffet (1998), as well as simple gestures that promote possibilities for creativity in everyday life, as demonstrated in the series 101 Art Ideas You Can Do Yourself (1999, 2001). From his glittering paintings of panda bears and sculptural formations of blue jeans to his operative flea markets, Pruitt’s work is always characterized by an incisive humor and exuberant visual flair. In his most recent solo exhibition, iPruitt (2008), he plastered both the exterior and interior walls of Gavin Brown’s enterprise with snapshots taken with his mobile phone, immersing the viewer in a diaristic collage of the artist’s experience over the past year.

Solo exhibitions of Pruitt’s work have been organized by institutions including the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati (2001); the American Academy in Rome (2008). He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions internationally, including Greater New York, P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York (2000); Post-POP, Post-PUNK, Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C. (2000); Protest and Survive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2000); Vantage Point, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2001); The Americans New Art, Barbican Gallery, London (2001); Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum (2002); Trade, White Columns, New York (2005); Seeing Double, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh (2005); General Ideas: Rethinking Conceptual Art 1987–2005, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francsico (2005); The Inside Game, Portland Art Center (2006); and The Station, Art Basel Miami (2008). Pruitt lives and works in New York.

Installation view: Rob Pruitt, iPhotos, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, 2008. Photo: Courtesy the artist/Gavin Brown's enterprise