Lucien Smith talks about his past work, how he has been social distancing for years, and what's next.
Lucien Smith was one of the first visitors at the Parrish Art Museum on Aug. 7. The museum in Water Mill, N.Y., had just reopened from its spring pandemicclosure, unveiling a slate of new exhibitions to welcome guests back to its galleries.
“I’ve gotten a lot of messages and e-mails and people congratulating me, which is nice; it’s nice to hear from people I haven’t heard from in a while,” he says. “I’m kind of still in shock, but I’m sure it’ll settle in soon. But yeah, dream come true for me to see these paintings, especially after so many years, together again.”
Smith’s more recent work is a departure from his early abstract series of paintings, which feature blue and yellow spray paint applied to canvas using a fire extinguisher, a technique he honed over the course of several years. He describes the process of making the paintings, which he started in 2011, as an exercise in perfecting the technique; the final suite is the summit of that effort.
Lucien Smith , Installation view of the exhibition. Southampton Suite, 2013, at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY. 10 works, LSMI – 1 – 10, . Acrylic and unprimed canvas, 108 x 84 inches. Photo : Gary MamayDespite his early success, Smith isn’t wedded to genre or stylistic language, or even to his own accomplishments.
Although Smith recently hosted an exhibition of his own work on the platform, he’s likely to be more behind-the-scenes as STP continues to establish more of its footprint. “I don’t necessarily want to bogart the platform,” he says. “I think it’s important for me to separate myself from the organization to really let it be its own thing.”
While summer out East is different this year, life and work look very much the same for Smith, who moved to Montauk to avoid many of the social trappings and distractions of the art world.
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