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Clinton Fein

Born in South Africa, 1964.

Get more info about Clinton at his website.

Solo Exhibitions

01.2007 TORTURE
 – Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
02-03.2005 Uncovered, 
Upfront Gallery
, Ventura, CA


10-11.2004 Numb & Number
, 
Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
08-10.2004 WARNING!
, Axis Gallery, NY, NY


10 -12.2003 Criminal Vol. 2 The African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland, CA

Select Group Exhibitions

09.2007 Art Beijing: National Agricultural Exhibition Center. Beijing, China, With Michael Petronko Gallery, New York, NY
04 – 07.2006
 Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement, American University Museum
, Katzen Arts Center
, Washington, DC



. On tour from the San Jose Museum of Art, this Museum exhibition focuses on art from the West Coast to examine the interconnected history of art and politics since the Cold War. Free speech, Vietnam, black power, gay rights, Chicano liberation, the environmental movement, poverty, immigration, and nuclear war are among the issues explored. The exhibition includes a 300-page book by Berkeley art historian Peter Selz, and Gallery Talks by Selz and by exhibition curator Susan Landauer.

02 – 04.2005
 Imprints, Axis Gallery
 NY, New York. Works on paper by noted South African artists William Kentridge, Kim Berman, Linga Diko, Stephan Erasmus, Clinton Fein, David Goldblatt, Robert Hodgins, David Koloane, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Brett Murray, Sam Nhlengethwa, Diana Page, Tracey Rose, Nyanda Tom, Hentie van der Merwe, and Graeme Williams.
02.2005 San Francisco International Art Exposition, 
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, with Toomey Tourell Fine Art



11.2004 BIG, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA



06.2004
 Fear Will Not Silence Us!!!! Anti-Militarist Art Show! 
Not in Our Name, 
French Fry Factory, Oakland, CA
05.2004 Scope Los Angeles, 
Standard Hotel, West Hollywood, CA with Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco CA

03.2004 Scope New York, 
Hotel Gansevoort NY, NY with Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA


02.2004 Academy of Friends and Visual Aid Art Auction
, Group Exhibition – Clift Hotel.
12.2003 Scope Miami, 
The Townhouse Hotel, Miami Beach, FL, with Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

11.2003
 Big Deal X, 
Visual AID’S 10th Annual ‘Big Deal’ Art Sale and Fundraiser.

Past Exhibitions

01.2002 Clinton Fein’s Annoy.com: Solo Exhibition – Toomey Tourell Fine Art
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd called it obscene and illegal, corporate trademark attorneys bristle over it, and renowned artist Lynda Benglis has dubbed it “Press Art.” In April 1999, the United States Supreme Court weighed in, issuing an affirmation that upheld the basic premise of annoy.com: indecent communications intended to annoy are protected by the First Amendment of America’s constitution. Clinton Fein insists that the fundamental right to annoy, even if indecently, is one of the most effective tools we have to counter apathy and challenge complacency, and annoy.com proved the ultimate test.
The images in this exhibition are the direct manifestation of that challenge, extracted from their interactive context, adjusted and translated into a static medium using a Color Cruse Camera process to create archival quality, state-of-the art color photographic Type C Prints. The images selected for the exhibition represent a snapshot of the events, people and brands that are rooted in Clinton Fein and Annoy.com’s already formidable history.
11.2002 Visual Aid’s 9th Annual BIG DEAL Art Sale and Benefit – Group Exhibition – SOMARTS
02.2003 Academy of Friends and Visual Aid Art Auction – Group Exhibition – Clift Hotel
10.2002 ICON – Group Exhibition – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Reviews

Contemporary art gets no more incendiary than the C-prints on political and social topics…
San Francisco Chronicle

…down right obnoxious…

News.com

He’s made Mickey Mouse a homosexual martyr, strapped Dick Cheney to General Electric’s electric chair, slapped the pope onto a perforated condom wrapper and transformed Lady Liberty into a rifle-wielding madwoman.

The San Francisco Examiner

The site is worthy of exploration for its irreverent use of interactivity, and there are also other kinds of provocative material here — in particular, cogent essays on media and social issues that are as edgy as anything on the Internet.

The Atlantic Monthly

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