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Tom Friedman

Monsters and Stuff

May 30–July 25, 2008
Britannia Street, London

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff Installation view

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff

Installation view

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff Installation view

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff

Installation view

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff Installation view

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff

Installation view

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff Installation view

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff

Installation view

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff Installation view

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff

Installation view

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff Installation view

Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff

Installation view

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Works Exhibited

Tom Friedman, Green Demon, 2008 Expanding insulation foam and mixed media, 91 × 43 × 36 inches (231.1 × 109.2 × 91.4 cm)

Tom Friedman, Green Demon, 2008

Expanding insulation foam and mixed media, 91 × 43 × 36 inches (231.1 × 109.2 × 91.4 cm)

Tom Friedman, Ogre, 2008 Paper, 34 × 27 × 9 inches (86.4 × 68.6 × 22.9 cm)

Tom Friedman, Ogre, 2008

Paper, 34 × 27 × 9 inches (86.4 × 68.6 × 22.9 cm)

Tom Friedman, Big Bang, 2008 Glitter, and mixed media on paper, 120 × 120 × 2 ½ inches (304.8 × 304.8 × 6.4 cm)

Tom Friedman, Big Bang, 2008

Glitter, and mixed media on paper, 120 × 120 × 2 ½ inches (304.8 × 304.8 × 6.4 cm)

Tom Friedman, Monsters and Stuff, 2008 Magazine Collage, 80 × 224 inches (203.2 × 569 cm)

Tom Friedman, Monsters and Stuff, 2008

Magazine Collage, 80 × 224 inches (203.2 × 569 cm)

Tom Friedman, Care Package (Manipulated), 2008 Ink jet photos, 22 ½ × 22 × 22 inches (57.2 × 55.9 × 55.9 cm), edition of 2 / 1 AP

Tom Friedman, Care Package (Manipulated), 2008

Ink jet photos, 22 ½ × 22 × 22 inches (57.2 × 55.9 × 55.9 cm), edition of 2 / 1 AP

Tom Friedman, Which, 2008 Paper, 51 × 39 × 39 inches (129.5 × 99.1 × 99.1 cm)

Tom Friedman, Which, 2008

Paper, 51 × 39 × 39 inches (129.5 × 99.1 × 99.1 cm)

Tom Friedman, Monsters and Stuff, 2008 (detail) Magazine Collage, 80 × 224 inches (203.2 × 569 cm)

Tom Friedman, Monsters and Stuff, 2008 (detail)

Magazine Collage, 80 × 224 inches (203.2 × 569 cm)

Tom Friedman, Monster Collage, 2007 Collage with artist's hair, 136 × 120 inches (345.4 × 304.8 cm)

Tom Friedman, Monster Collage, 2007

Collage with artist's hair, 136 × 120 inches (345.4 × 304.8 cm)

About

I think about the full perimeter of the exhibition space as the limits of my consciousness. I position my artwork as points of focus within this space, to navigate you through this arena. I make each piece so distinct that they each press in on themselves. You come across a piece, and then you come across another piece, and then you start developing an understanding of why all these pieces are here, and why they hang or sit together.

I titled this exhibition "Monsters and Stuff" both to create a conceptual backdrop, and to keep it open-ended. From a figurative standpoint, "monsters" represents the abnormal, which is open-ended, whereas "and stuff" states an unresolved conclusion.

We desire resolve.
—Tom Friedman

Gagosian Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Monsters and Stuff, new work by Tom Friedman. This will be his first solo exhibition at the London gallery.

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