Paul P. (b. 1977 Canada) first gained attention for his drawings and paintings of young men that systematically re-imagined found erotic photographs along nineteenth century aesthetic modes. His portraits are appropriated from gay erotic magazines, specifically those produced in the years bracketed by the beginning of gay liberation and the advent of the AIDS crisis. Over the years his interest in transience, desire, cataloging, and notation has expanded his practice to include landscapes and their abstraction, biographical writing, and sculptural works in the form of furniture. His work is in the collections of MoMA, Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Hammer Museum, LACMA, and the National Gallery of Canada and other institutions.

Selected solo exhibitions include: Amor et Mors, National Gallery of Cananda, Ottawa; Early Skirmishes, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway (2022); Friendly in the Knife-edged Moment, Oakville Galleries, Ontario (2022); Vespertilians, Maureen Paley, London (2022); Gamboling Green, Cooper Cole, Toronto (2020); Slim Volume, Queer Thoughts, New York (2019); Dusks, Lamplights, The Power Plant, Toronto (2007).

Selected group exhibitions include: Shadows Fall Down, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2021); Front International, Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland (2018); Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2014); Compass in Hand, Museum of Modern Art, New York (2009); Crack the Sky, Biennale de Montréal, Montréal (2007).

James Bidgood

Samuel Hindolo

Monica Majoli

Mary Manning

Paul P.

Abundance

Bacchante with lowered eyes

Slim Volume

12.25h x 11w x 1.5d inches (31.12h x 27.94w x 3.81d cm) framed

17.125h x 13.125w inches (43.5h x 33.34w cm) framed

Installation view Paul P. at Hordaland Kunst center

Installation view Paul P at Oakville Galleries (2022)

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