Stepsister, 2012
Digital print on paper 
55 x 75 cm / 22 x 30 inches
Edition of 25 
Poster signed on back
Euro 300 (incl. VAT)

Androgynous, sleepy-eyed youths drinking, smoking cigarettes or joints, looking blasé. These are the motifs with which American painter Brian Calvin made a name for himself. »Stepsister« belongs to a new series dealing with the similarities of siblings. They are not lifelike portraits but based rather on principles of repetition of shapes like the eyes or mouth. As the painting process progresses the »sibling-image« departs ever further from its predecessor. Through the subtle variations he attempts to open up the infinite space of difference. "Stepsister" is a detail of an oil painting by Calvin.

Recent exhibitions include: We The People, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space, New York (2012); David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles; Dystopia, CAPC Museé d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux (2011); Corvi-Mora, London (solo) (2010); Head, Anton Kern Gallery, New York (solo) (2009); Pretty Ugly, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Maccarone, New York (2008). 

His most recent project was a cooperation with fashion designer Raf Simons for his Mens Collection Spring/Summer 2013. He lives in Ventura, California.