Michael Brennan

American | 1965

Michael Brennan is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1965. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Modernism have featured Michael Brennan's work in the past.Michael Brennan's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 175 USD to 589 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2011 the record price for this artist at auction is 589 USD for Untitled, sold at Rago Arts and Auction Center in 2011. Michael Brennan has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Tussle Magazine in November 2023.

At Auction

Notable Lots

Sub Conscious ,2000

By Michael Brennan

-60%

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Worlds Apart ,1999

By Michael Brennan

-54%

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The Acolyte

By Michael Brennan

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Recent Auction Results

Sub Conscious ,2000

By Michael Brennan

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Worlds Apart ,1999

By Michael Brennan

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Celebration ,2002

By Michael Brennan

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Past Exhibitions

Beauty is a Blast: For Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe

Art Cake

Brooklyn | New York | USA

Apr 06,2025 - Apr 27,2025

Michael Brennan: 48 Squared

Modernism

San Francisco | California | USA

Apr 11,2024 - Jun 01,2024

Michael Brennan: Floating Weeds

Minus Space

Brooklyn | New York | USA

Oct 07,2023 - Dec 16,2023

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Articles

Tussle Magazine 20/11/2023

Like all really good painters, Michael Brennan understands the mercurial nature of paint, how it embraces the dual identities of both material and image.

Two Coats of Paint 10/11/2023

Two Coats of Paint invited painter Kim Uchiyama to sit down with Michael Brennan to discuss 鈥淔loating Weeds,鈥� Brennan鈥檚 fourth solo show at Minus Space.

H A P P E N I N G 26/06/2019

On a second trip to Venice this spring, this time for the reunion of Pratt Institute鈥檚 Venice summer program, celebrating 35 years of continual summer study and adventure, I met the Brooklyn-based artist, Michael Brennan.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Brennan is focused on the notion of mark making, rather than a kind of gestural expression in his work... 鈥�
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鈥� ..Michael Brennan鈥檚 new paintings appear monochromatic upon first impression; however, employ a broad array of greys, blacks, and whites, which he tints with discreet amounts of other hues... 鈥�
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鈥� ..Color is a core concern for Brennan and his paintings reflect his knowledge not only of established, spectral color painting, but also his deep interest in historical photography, printmaking, and early... 鈥�
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鈥� ..A sense of economy, not minimalism, is a virtue for Brennan... 鈥�
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鈥� ..About this hybridization, Brennan states, 鈥淭he border, with all its various manifestations, fixes and telescopes the image.鈥� Size and scale are also critical concerns for Brennan... 鈥�
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