Charles Mayton (born 1974, Florida) is a New York-based painter. [1] His work combines painterly abstraction with the iconography of digital media. Mayton’s visual strategies of appropriation and détournement have been compared to the appropriation art of the Pictures Generation. [2]
Mayton was born in 1974 in Florida. [1] He studied at the Ringling College of Art and Design, and received his Masters of Fine Arts from Milton Avery School of the Arts at Bard College in 2007. [1]
Mayton mimics the digital aesthetics of off-register printing, computer-aided design, and social media graphics by hand. [2] These graphics are often juxtaposed with brushy color fields. [2]
Punctuation symbols also occasion Mayton’s work, especially question- and quotation marks. [3] Mayton "quotes" the motifs, palettes, and titles of canonical painters such as Belgian surrealist René Magritte. [4]
His first solo show, The Difficult Crossing, held at Balice Hertling & Lewis in 2011, was titled after an eponymous painting by Magritte, depicting an artist’s studio. [4] Mayton’s show recreated the mise-en-scène of Magritte’s painting with several large-scale paintings; a coat rack; citrus fruits scattered across the gallery floor, referring to the surrealists’ obsession with fruit; and a doormat printed with the title of the show. [3]
Charles Mayton has held solo exhibitions at David Lewis, New York (2016); [5] American Academy in Rome, Italy, [6] and Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles (both 2015); [7] Campoli Presti, Paris (2014); [8] The Power Station, Dallas (2013); [9] Balice Hertling, Paris (2012); [10] and Balice Hertling & Lewis, New York (2011), [11] among others.
His work has been shown in group exhibitions at VAVA, Milan (2015); Thomas Dane, London (2014); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2013); [12] SculptureCenter in Long Island City, New York (2011); [13] and White Columns, New York (2010). [14]
Charles Mayton (born 1974, Florida) is a New York-based painter. [1] His work combines painterly abstraction with the iconography of digital media. Mayton’s visual strategies of appropriation and détournement have been compared to the appropriation art of the Pictures Generation. [2]
Mayton was born in 1974 in Florida. [1] He studied at the Ringling College of Art and Design, and received his Masters of Fine Arts from Milton Avery School of the Arts at Bard College in 2007. [1]
Mayton mimics the digital aesthetics of off-register printing, computer-aided design, and social media graphics by hand. [2] These graphics are often juxtaposed with brushy color fields. [2]
Punctuation symbols also occasion Mayton’s work, especially question- and quotation marks. [3] Mayton "quotes" the motifs, palettes, and titles of canonical painters such as Belgian surrealist René Magritte. [4]
His first solo show, The Difficult Crossing, held at Balice Hertling & Lewis in 2011, was titled after an eponymous painting by Magritte, depicting an artist’s studio. [4] Mayton’s show recreated the mise-en-scène of Magritte’s painting with several large-scale paintings; a coat rack; citrus fruits scattered across the gallery floor, referring to the surrealists’ obsession with fruit; and a doormat printed with the title of the show. [3]
Charles Mayton has held solo exhibitions at David Lewis, New York (2016); [5] American Academy in Rome, Italy, [6] and Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles (both 2015); [7] Campoli Presti, Paris (2014); [8] The Power Station, Dallas (2013); [9] Balice Hertling, Paris (2012); [10] and Balice Hertling & Lewis, New York (2011), [11] among others.
His work has been shown in group exhibitions at VAVA, Milan (2015); Thomas Dane, London (2014); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2013); [12] SculptureCenter in Long Island City, New York (2011); [13] and White Columns, New York (2010). [14]