The Fairy Godmother is Mathieu Malouf’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. References and represented figures include: Donatello, Auguste Rodin, Hans Baldung Grien, Hans von Marées, Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, St. Jerome, the Gremlins film franchise, Egon Eiermann, Charles and Ray Eames, George Condo, Eddie van Halen, the ancient Egyptian goddess Nut, the ancient Greek god Pan, Joan Miró, Jana Euler, 20th century Los Angeles transit theorists, Jared Leto, The Christmas Carol’s Emily Crachit, Sigmund Freud, Cinderella, Olivia Newton John, Venus Anadyomene, Erik von Markovik (better known as the Canadian pick-up artist named Mystery), René Magritte, Wigilia supper, and Willem Dafoe.

Mathieu Malouf lives and works in New York. Recent exhibitions include Lars Friedrich, Berlin (2019); Swiss Institute, New York (2018); Le Consortium, Dijon (2018); Greene Naftali, New York (2017); LUMA Foundation, Zürich (2017); Artists Space, New York (2017); Goton Montassut, Paris (2016); Lomex Gallery, New York (2016); Museum of Art, Stavanger (2014); Kunsthalle Lüneburg, (2014); Real Fine Art, New York (2013); Ludlow 38, New York (2013); SculptureCenter, New York (2012); and Dold Projects, Sankt Georgen, Germany (2012). Malouf’s writing has been published in Artforum, Texte zur Kunst, Mousse, and May Magazine.

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Mathieu Malouf, Installation view, The Fairy Godmother, Greene Naftali, New York, 2020