Mark Handforth (b. 1969, Hong Kong, China. Lives in Miami, Florida) Hanforth re-locates everyday objects or images from public spaces, such as lampposts, lovehearts, mopeds, coat hangers, and road signs to gallery and public settings. Often oversized, twisted out of shape and lit with candles or fluorescent tubing. Hanforth elevates the everyday above a state of obscurity recalling the public art of Swiss born Claes Oldenburgh. Recent exhibitions include Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago; Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York; Galerie Almine Rech, Paris; Plaz, Galerie Eva Presenhuber/Tessinerplatz, Zurich; and The Modern Institute, Glasgow.
Alessandro Raho, Alexis Marguerite Teplin, André Niebur, Ashley Bickerton, Barry McGee, Brendan Cass, Cullinan Richards, Dan Rees, David Musgrave, Dietmar Lutz, DJ Simpson, Fabienne Audéoud, Gavin Wade, George Best, George Condo, Hayley Tompkins, Imran Qureshi, Joe Bradley, John Russell, Josh Smith, Laure Prouvost, Mark Handforth, Markus Vater, Nicolas Party, Paul Newman, Paul Thek, RH Quaytman, Richard Tuttle, Richard Woods, Rob Pruitt, Rupert Norfolk, Simon Bill, Sophie von Hellermann, Tamuna Sirbiladze, William Pope.L, Zheng Guogu
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