Carl FUDGE

Carl Fudge was one of the first painters to incorporate digital processes into his pictorial practice. His work refers to the West Midlands region of England. During the Industrial Revolution, this region underwent the most profound upheavals in the country. The coal mines, the steel mills, the smelters, have left their black traces on the landscape. The artist Edward Wadsworth, a founding member of the Vorticist movement, made the slags and forges the subject of a series of woodcuts. What is fascinating is Fudge’s ability to preserve the influence of Wadsworth’s engravings even as he deconstructs them with digital processes. Because this series of paintings uses a red colour palette, the public can decipher the images of a city plagued by social revolts and uncontrolled pollution.

La déconstruction numérique que Fudge applique à ces images correspond au caractère dur des paysages et vues de villes de Wadsworth. Utilisant des logiciels comme outils qui abstractisent, Fudge convertit des images trouvées en images complexes nouvelles et met à jour la relation entre abstraction et figuration. Le fil conducteur de l’art de Fudge a toujours été une investigation sur les aspects pratiques et esthétiques de l’idée de camouflage dans l’abstraction.The artist wrote: “The concealment, the history and even the implicit psychology of ‘cache’ are the subjects that generate my paintings.” The imagery in his works disintegrates into a landscape of mechanical modules, subject to his own metamorphoses. It extends or accentuates the aesthetics of the original work with respect and consideration.

Conceptually and formally his practice consists in deconstructing and recomposing the superimposed layers of an iconography leaving traces of their presences. Fudge wants to capture the precise beauty of digital aesthetics while continuing to celebrate the sensuality and possibilities of painting. He exhibited for the first time at the gallery in Paris woodcuts in limited editions next to the paintings.

1962        Born in London, United Kingdom
Lives and works in New York, NY

Education
1985-88   Brighton Polytechnic, Sussex, United Kingdom
1987         Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1988-90   Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Public Collections

Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Sprint Corporation, Oberlin Park, KS
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI

Awards

New York Foundation for the Arts Recipient (Deutsche Bank Fellow), 2003
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program, 1997

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 Screen Prints 2000 – 2008, Galerie Richard, New York, NY

2018 Builds, Galerie Richard, New York, NY

2012 Wadsworth, Galerie Richard, Paris, France
Collision, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

2011 The Black Country, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
Paintings & Prints, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (with John Coplans)

2010 Razzle Dazzle, Galerie Richard, Paris
Dazzle, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY

2008 Camouflage 2, Galerie Richard, Paris, France
Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX

2005 Camouflaged, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Camouflage, Galerie Richard, Paris
Carl Fudge, The Print Center, Philadelphia, NY
Camouflage, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

2004 Carl Fudge: Prints 2000-2004, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY

2003 Carl Fudge, Edward Mitterrand Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland
Carl Fudge, Galerie Richard, Paris, France

2002 Carl Fudge, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY

2001 Carl Fudge, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Carl Fudge, Edward Mitterrand Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland

2000 Carl Fudge, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY

1998 Carl Fudge, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

1997 Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Schmidt Contemporary Art, Saint-Louis, MO

1996 Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, NY

1995 Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, NY

1993 Locks Gallery, Philadelphie, PA

1992 Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1991 The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 Untitled, Galerie Richard, Paris

2018 Color Matters, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
Untitled San Francisco, Galerie Richard, San Francisco, CA

2017 Ideas and Images, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA
Draw, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
THE TYRANNY OF COMMON SENSE HAS REACHED ITS FINAL STAGE, LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, NY
Visibly Shaken, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX

2016 International Printmaking Union Show(w/ CAFA Museum), Beijing, China
Sideshow Nation IV: Thru the Rabbit Hole, Side Show Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Structural Integrity, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX

2015 Commedia: New Prints 2015, International Print Center NY, NY
Reflecting on Art, Catwalk, Catskill, NY
Original Show- Season 1, LMAK Projects NY, NY
Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY

2014    25 Years, Galerie Richard, Paris
The Intuitionists, The Drawing Center NY, NY

2013    HORS FRONTIERES, Abstractions, Galerie Richard, Paris
Happy Flies Kissing Beautiful Face, Stux Gallery, New York, NY

2012 First Year in New York, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
PULSE New York, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
Inside Out Museum, Beijing, China

2011    Art Chicago, Galerie Richard, Chicago, IL
Printer’s Proof, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
January White Sale, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
It’s All Good!! Apocalypse Now, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Currency Part 1 Modes of Expression, UAB Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Papertrails, 80 WSE Galleries, New York, NY
Close at Hand, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
White on White, Cynthia Volk Asian Art, New York, NY
Printed in Providence, Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, RI
It’s All Good!! Apocalypse Now, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2010   Works on Paper, Galerie Richard, Paris

2009   Contemporary Printmaking, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
BLACK&WHITEWORKS, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
A Decade of Contemporary American Printmaking 1999-2009, Visual Art Center of Academy of
Arts and Design Tsinghua, University of Beijing, China

2008   Drawing Review: 37 Works on Paper, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Styrofoam, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
University of Richmond Museum, The Harnett Biennial, Richmond, VA
Fresh Impressionism Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2007   Printmaking at the Crossroads, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NM
Kiki Smith and Carl Fudge Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX
Summer Show, The Royal Academy, London, England
New Editions, Pace Prints, New York, NY
New Prints 2007/ Winter, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
Arte Fiera, Galerie Richard, Bologna, Italy

2006    Hot Off the Press, The Grolier Club, New York, NY
Arte Cologne, Galerie Richard, Cologne, Germany
Extreme Abstraction, Galerie Richard, Paris
Homecoming, Johnson County Community College of Art, Overland Park, KS

2005   Pace Editions NYC, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
A Closer Look, Arcadia University Gallery, Glenside, PA
Decipher : Hand-Painted Digital, The Rotunda Gallery, Glenside, PA

2004    Glow, Steinhilber Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
FEED > Artists + Digital Influence, Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Drawn to the Present, Pace University Art Gallery, Pleasantville, New York
Surface Tension, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
My Americans, Edward Mitterrand Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland
Analog click click, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art/Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Art Frankfurt, Galerie Richard, Frankfurt, Germany
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Richard, Rotterdam, Holland

2003     Reflection, Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
NYPD, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Decade, Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, NY
Visions and Revisions: Art on Paper Since 1960, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
American Dre@m, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Sorta, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
Condition Red, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX

2002      Post-Digital Painting, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
New-Economy Painting, Acme, Los Angeles, CA
What’s Hot and New in 2002, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Artists to Artists: A Decade of The Space Program, An Exhibition of Works from the Space
Program of The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Ace Gallery, New York, NY
Media Art Daejeon-New York: Special Effects, Daejeon Municipal Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
New Editions and Monoprints, Pace Prints, New York, NY
Season Review: Fall ’01- Spring ’02, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY

2001      BitStreams, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Digital: Printmaking Now, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Into the Gray, Eugene Binder Gallery, Marfa, TX
Art Transplant: British Artists in New York, British Counsel of New York, NY
Digital Innovations in Printmaking, Design Arts Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Portraits, Edward Mitterrand Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland
Maleri, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden

2000     Small Abstract Paintings and Sculpture, Eugene Binder, Long Island City, NY
Summer Exhibition, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
PICT, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada
Glee: Painting Now, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT and Palm Beach
Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1999      Conceptual Art as Neurobiological Praxis, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
New Museum Gala, New Museum, New York, NY

1998      The Baroque Bash : A Fan Fantasy, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Kind of Abstraction, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Raise the Roof, White Columns, New York, NY
Wall Paper, Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition 1998, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Static, Eugene Binder Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Contemporary British Art, Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO

1997      Carl Fudge, John Pomara William Wood, Eugene Binder, Long Island City, NY
Woven in Oaxaca, A/D, New York, NY

1996      Valentine’s Auction, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
Momenta Art Benefit Auction, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Prix Whanki Finalists, Whanki Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Gramercy International Art Fair, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Gems, Schmidt Cotemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Cadmium Cathode, Sauce, Brooklyn, NY
48th Annual Academy Museum Purchase Exhibition, American Academy of Arts & Letters, NewYork, NY
Unconditionally Abstraction, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

1995      Maux Faux, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Who Chooses Who?, The New Museum, New York, NY
Open Your Hear, Christine Rose Gallery, New York, NY

1994      14 at 55, 55 Mercer Street, New York, NY
Take Me to God, Jose Freire Fine Art, New York, NY
Conclusions Drawn, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA
Faux, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY

1993       Patterns on Paper, M.L.C.A. Haverford, PA
Painting, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Printmaking: 1970 to the Present, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia,PA
Basel Art Fair, Daniel Newberg Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
The Medium is the Medium, Barbara Toll Gallery, New York, NY
Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Selections/Winter ’93, The Drawing Center

1992       Excess in the Techno-Mediocratic Society, Musée d’Arbois, Arbois, France touring Vienna, Austria, München, Germany
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paper, Fawbush Gallery, New York, NY