24 KEITH MAYERSON

Keanu (The Blue Within Blue Eyes), 2001
oil on linen, 20" x 16"

Keith Mayerson’s approach to painting has been called, “nothing less than an attempt to synthesize received images of high art, popular entertainment, and American history into a chronicle of an alternative, potentially revolutionary masculinity. It looks, however, like the product of a guy who paints in a converted garage, watching DVDs with one eye, the news with the other, and an art-history textbook with an enlightened third.” (Domenick Ammirati) Here, we see yet another portrait of Keanu Reeves by the artist, the inspiration for many of his works. Mayerson received his MFA from University of California, Irvine in 1993, and has since shown extensively in group and solo exhibitions including Derek Eller Gallery in New York, and Richard Telles Fine Art in Los Angeles, as well as internationally.

courtesy of the artist
value $3,000–3,500