Heidi Herrera
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Lot 44
GREGORY MALPHURS(B. 1966)Tribe, 2021
Ending from 2 May 2025, 12:00 PDT
Online, Los AngelesUS$3,800 - US$4,400
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Sharon Squires
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GREGORY MALPHURS (B. 1966)
Tribe, 2021
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'GM 21' (lower right)
oil, pastel, charcoal and pencil with printed paper collage on paper
30 x 22 in.
76.2 x 55.9 cm.
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'GM 21' (lower right)
oil, pastel, charcoal and pencil with printed paper collage on paper
30 x 22 in.
76.2 x 55.9 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance
Courtesy of the artist
"My work is a deconstructed recipe of emotions, colors, stories, and inspirations reflecting life with its troubles and complications — each part and piece of a puzzle making it whole.
From an inside-out view, the work reveals a universal common bond of personal struggle — that life is a series of fragments we have to make sense of — introspection, fragmentation, and complexity of being.
The Laurel Foundation's cause resonates because I feel it's of vital importance, with our nation's current state, to invest as much as possible in helping those in true need." -Gregory Malphurs
Artist Statement: It's cliché to say Gregory Malphurs was born into art, but that is exactly what happened. From the time he could grip a pencil, he was creating art in grandfather's portrait studio on Miami Beach. Throughout over 40 years Gregory has continued to create. He formerly worked from his studio in New York City before relocating to Los Angeles.
He works primarily in oil, along with graphite and pastels. Through portraiture and figurative subjects, his work explores the complexities of being human and our universal commonalities within this context.
Gregory's style can best be described as "unrealism." He combines elements of accurate depiction with twists that celebrate the nature of paint, with a keen intention to push the boundaries of color. His subjects and sensibilities are modern but provide familiar hints of the past.
Gregory's work has been shown in exhibitions all over the world and is collected worldwide.