NO TITLE (PULLED UP BY), 2011
pen, ink and gouache on paper, 122.6 x 94 cm

FIRST THE TONGUE, undated

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NO TITLE (SO MUCH OF), 2003
ball-pen,ink on paper, 57.1 x 76.2 cm

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NO TITLE (SHE HAD COMPOSED), 2011
pen, ink and gouache on paper, 48.3 x 61 cm

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NO TITLE (TO TEST THE), 2008
ink on paper, 45.5 x 61 cm

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NO TITLE (I THOUGHT YOU), 2011
pen, ink, gouache and collage on paper, 45.7 x 61 cm

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NO TITLE (I AM CONCERNED), 2011
Pen, ink, acrylic and collage on paper, 45.7 x 62.2 cm

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NO TITLE (MAN IS FREE), 1999
Pen and ink on paper, 56.5 x 27.9 cm

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NO TITLE (FROM THE ENDS)
Pen and ink on paper, 91 x 56 cm

all images courtesy the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles

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In collaboration with Fumetto Comics Festival, the Kunstmuseum in Luzern is featuring the works by American artist RAYMOND PETTIBON in a Swiss institution again, after his first solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern in 1998.

The exhibition Whuytuyp presents PETTIBON’s recent period of works from 2006 to 2011. The exhibition reveals the artist’s revived interest in crayon, watercolor and collage elements on paper to enhance his classic themes including the American way of life, film, sports, sex, and politics. As with previous works, the pieces presented combine imagery with text passages, but in contrast to comics, the text is usually unrelated to the content of the image as a means to confuse and intrigue his viewers.

RAYMOND PETTIBON was born in Tuscon, Arizona in 1957. He now lives and works in New York. His works have been shown internationally in numerous exhibitions such as Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, Germany  (2007); Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria; Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain (both 2006); and in the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2005) among others.

➝ Whuytuyp is on view at Kunstmuseum Luzern (Switzerland) until 22 July, 2012.