"Three Important Things" 1973/2022. B. Wurtz.
KIPNZ Editions in collaboration with Garth Greenan Gallery
Archival pigment print
11 x 8.5 inches (paper size, unframed)
Edition of 30 with 10 Artist Proofs
In this collaboration, KIPNZ Editions has partnered with B. Wurtz to present an edition version of his 1973 work, “Three Important Things.” A digital file of the original artwork has been used to produce archival pigment prints which the artist has signed in pencil, adding to his long connection with this work over time, “and Nov. 2022” - the date of signing of this edition.
Born 1948 in Pasadena, California, B. Wurtz is best known for his playful and compelling sculptures constructed from discarded materials like produce packaging, construction lumber, and plastic bags. His repurposing of everyday flotsam into joyous, humorous, and beautiful objects undermine grand artistic gesture while elevating the commonplace. The artist’s transformative amalgams of found materials have tended to coalesce around the subjects of “sleeping, eating, and keeping warm”—the foundational human needs named in his 1973 drawing Three Important Things, updated in 2022 with KIPNZ Editions and Garth Greenan Gallery.
Wurtz has been the subject of over 52 solo exhibitions at prestigious venues including: Feature Inc. (1987, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2003, 2006, New York); Gallery 400 (2000, Chicago); White Flag Projects (2012, St. Louis); Kunstverein (2015, Freiburg, Germany); and the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, (2015, Ridgefield, Connecticut).
