KENNY SCHARF

b. 1958, usa

SCHARF Is an American painter known for his participation in New York City's interdisciplinary East Village art scene during the 1980s, alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Scharf's do it yourself practice spanned painting, sculpture, fashion, video, performance art, and street art. Growing up in post World War II Southern California, Scharf was fascinated by television and the futuristic promise of modern design. His works often include pop culture icons, such as the Flintstones and the Jetsons, or caricatures of middle-class Americans in an apocalyptic science fiction setting.

Scharf has exhibited in New York, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo, Milan, and Zürich. His work belongs in the collections of the bass, the guggenheim museum, the moma, the stedelijk museum and the moca la, among others.

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