Jim Shaw

(American, born 1952)

Jim Shaw is a contemporary American artist whose eclectic practice mines the detritus of pop culture. A keen observer and collector of his country’s cultural output, he has explained, “It's good taste versus not good taste. I realized that I wasn't naturally born to good taste.” In large-scale installations, Shaw recontextualizes imagery from mainstream and religious ephemera, notably curating canvases acquired from charity shops in his ongoing series Thrift Store Paintings. Born on August 8, 1952 in Midland, MI, Shaw received his BFA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and moved with Mike Kelley, a friend and fellow member of the band Destroy All Monsters, to study at the California Institute of the Arts, where he graduated with an MFA in 1978. Shaw currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and was notable to the subject of a major retrospective at the New Museum in New York in 2015, titled “Jim Shaw: The End is Near.”

Jim Shaw Artworks

Jim Shaw (369 results)

Untitled (Rust Colored Hair), 2009

Jim Shaw

Untitled (Rust Colored Hair), 2009

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Study for Man-Machine (working men), 2017

Jim Shaw

Study for Man-Machine (working men), 2017

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Jim Shaw

My Mirage Logo #3, 1989

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ohne Titel, 1991–1992

Jim Shaw

ohne Titel, 1991–1992

Galerie Krinzinger

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Dream Object (I was Showing Marnie a..., 2000

Jim Shaw

Dream Object (I was Showing Marnie a..., 2000

Shoshana Wayne Gallery

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Study for 'Identity Crisis', 1987

Jim Shaw

Study for 'Identity Crisis', 1987

Sale Date: April 24, 2024

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Untitled (Building with stairs), 2001

Jim Shaw

Untitled (Building with stairs), 2001

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Untitled (Monster Face #12), 2004

Jim Shaw

Untitled (Monster Face #12), 2004

Sale Date: April 24, 2024

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Two Images from the Series My Mirage: Narcissus...

Jim Shaw

Two Images from the Series My Mirage: Narcissus...

Sale Date: April 4, 2024

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Gleason Meets Dalí, 1992

Jim Shaw and Benjamin Weissmann

Gleason Meets Dalí, 1992

Sale Date: February 14, 2024

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Mormon Missionary and Prostitute Making Each , 1981

Jim Shaw

Mormon Missionary and Prostitute Making Each , 1981

Sale Date: February 1, 2024

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Dream Object (I was seeing an old atomic..., 2001

Jim Shaw

Dream Object (I was seeing an old atomic..., 2001

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Untitled, 1992

Jim Shaw

Untitled, 1992

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Untitled (Monster Face #12), 2004

Jim Shaw

Untitled (Monster Face #12), 2004

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Untitled (Study for 'Woman in the..., 2005

Jim Shaw

Untitled (Study for 'Woman in the..., 2005

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Untitled (Red Hair), 2007

Jim Shaw

Untitled (Red Hair), 2007

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Dream Object (Vise Head), 2006

Jim Shaw

Dream Object (Vise Head), 2006

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Dreamdrawing., 1998

Jim Shaw

Dreamdrawing., 1998

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Dream Object

Jim Shaw

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Untitled, 1981

Jim Shaw

Untitled, 1981

Sale Date: October 26, 2023

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Face in the Mirror, 1981

Jim Shaw

Face in the Mirror, 1981

Sale Date: October 26, 2023

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[Untitled], 1978

Jim Shaw

[Untitled], 1978

Sale Date: October 26, 2023

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Two Images from the Series My Mirage: Narcissus...

Jim Shaw

Two Images from the Series My Mirage: Narcissus...

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Two Images from the Series My Mirage: Narcissus...

Jim Shaw

Two Images from the Series My Mirage: Narcissus...

Sale Date: August 8, 2023

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