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6 unusual facts about Rob Pruitt


Rob Pruitt

During college, Pruitt lived at the Chelsea Hotel and says he focused his energy on partying rather than studying.

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Pruitt and Jonathan Horowitz collaborated on an installation piece called Peacock Hill.

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Pieces from this time dealt with his exclusion from the art world; his first sculpture at Gavin Brown’s enterprise was an Evian fountain, which, as Mia Fineman points out, is related to baptism and rebirth.

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He currently resides in New York City with his partner Jonathan Horowitz, who is also an artist.

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Pruitt has exhibited extensively in New York and internationally; in 2013 the Aspen Art Museum held his mid-career retrospective.

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The show also included humanoid monsters made out of trash, collaged self-portraits, candy-filled stacks of painted tires, and photorealistic paintings of Cinnabon cinnamon rolls with geometrically piped paint for icing.



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