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five framed laser exposed prints hanging on the white gallery wall. each print is of a glass case with shoes inside of them.

Troy Brauntuch

A Strange New Beauty (White Cases)

2019

Laser-exposed fiber prints

Overall: 25 3/4 x 188 inches; 65.4 x 477.5 cm

Each work: 25 13/16 x 23 1/8 inches; 65.4 x 58.7 cm

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A Strange New Beauty (White Cases)

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A Strange New Beauty (White Cases)

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A Strange New Beauty (White Cases)

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A Strange New Beauty (White Cases)

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A Strange New Beauty (White Cases)

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Troy Brauntuch -  - Viewing Room - Petzel Gallery

Troy Brauntuch (b. 1954, Jersey City, NJ) graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He currently divides his time between New York, NY and Austin, TX. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally for over forty years.

Brauntuch exhibited in the seminal show “Pictures” at Artists Space in 1977 in New York, along with Jack Goldstein, Robert Longo, Philip Smith, and Sherrie Levine. His works are held in numerous private and public collections including the Pinault Foundation in Paris; The Museum of Modern Art; the Whitney Museum of American Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Dallas Museum of Art; The San Diego Contemporary Arts Museum; and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Brauntuch's work was included in “Day for Night,” the 2006 Whitney Biennial in New York.  In the summer of 2007 a survey exhibition of his work from 1990 – 2007 was exhibited at the Magasin-Centre National d'Art Contemporain in Grenoble, France. In 2009, his work was included in “The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984,” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2010, JRP/Ringier published a monograph book of works from 1975-2008.  His work was recently featured in “Where Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts” at the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hannover, Germany, which travels to the Kunsthaus Graz in Austria in 2020.

Installation view of A Strange New Beauty, Petzel Gallery, 2020

A Strange New Beauty, Petzel Gallery, 2020

Installation view

Installation shot of Strange New Beauty at Petzel. the rose tinted portrait of Barron trump hangs on the right hand wall. on a table covered in plexi glass are nine engraved plates.

A Strange New Beauty, Petzel Gallery, 2020

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Installation view of Troy Brauntuch, Petzel Gallery, 2016

Troy Brauntuch, Petzel Gallery, 2016

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Troy Brauntuch, Le Magasin - Centre National D'Art Contemporain, 2007  Installation view

Troy Brauntuch, Le Magasin - Centre National D'Art Contemporain, 2007

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Day For Night, Whitney Biennial, 2006  Installation view

Day For Night, Whitney Biennial, 2006

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Springtide, ICA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 2005, Installation view

Springtide, ICA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 2005, Installation view