Harmony Korine, Raiders Catalogue. Beverly Hills: Gagosian Gallery, 2015. Saddle-stapled; 48 pages (20,7 x 30,5 cm). Fully illustrated with full-page color photographs. Produced in 2015 on the occasion of the exhibition "Harmony Korine: Raiders" that ran at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, from January 10–February 14, 2015.
Cover layout by Rachel Korine. Cover on matte, open paper. Inside glossy. Unused. A fine copy.
Primarily known for his film-making as one of 'the most untamed new directors' (Rogert Ebert), Harmony Korine also has an extensive artistic practice as a photographer, writer and visual artist. This catalog accompanies one of the twelve exhibitions Korine has taken part in with the Gagosian since 2014, seven of which were solo exhibitions.
Random crap and chutzpah. 'Making an aesthetic analogy between Harmony Korine’s dynamic and unsettling films and novels (Kids, Gummo, Spring Breakers) and his low-rent abstract expressionist paintings would be a simplistic way to go — except he himself makes this connection. Korine speaks adoringly about the allure of marginalized subjects and materials, and certainly, the emotional power of a sexy subculture is central across his career. In his large-scale, mixed-media paintings, he embraces the muscular chaos of classical expressionism but re-creates its messy radiance with random crap such as house paint, electrical tape, squeegees and scraps of bubble wrap, plus pure chutzpah.' Shana Nys Dambot in LA Weekly.