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Josh Smith is an American Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1976. His work is currently being shown at David Zwirner, Los Angeles. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Drawing Center have featured Josh Smith's work in the past.Josh Smith's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 43 USD to 296,576 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2008 the record price for this artist at auction is 296,576 USD for Untitled, sold at Phillips London in 2021. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 19,062 USD.Josh Smith has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in October 2025.
David Zwirner is presenting Destiny, an exhibition of new paintings by Josh Smith, on view at the gallery鈥檚 606 N Western Avenue location in Los Angeles. This is Smith鈥檚 first solo presentation in Los Angeles.
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David Zwirner is pleased to present Destiny, an exhibition of new paintings by Josh Smith, on view at the gallery鈥檚 606 N Western Avenue location in Los Angeles.
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..Smith is perhaps best known for paintings featuring his name writ large, the letters of which fluctuate between signifiers of the name and abstracted forms...
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..Encompassing oils, drawings, prints, posters, artist books and sculptures, some of which are representational, others of which are abstract, Smith鈥檚 output varies widely but is always possessed of an innate...
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..Smith combines the topos of vitality in painting with a critique of his own means of expression, the eccentrics and self-mythologization of `bad painting` with the knowledge of art as appropriation and...
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..Smith honed in on this subject to project because he likes the way they look and he knew it would be difficult to depict the subject and attempted it could make sweet paintings...
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