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Shawn Huckins

Striving to improve the human condition, explorers historically set out for the physical borders of unknown frontiers. Today, intellectuals and entrepreneurs strive to push the boundaries through intellectual and economic means within the new theoretical space of the digital world. 

Artist Shawn Huckins’ exhibition, Everything Is Hilarious And Nothing Is Real, features a series of paintings in which he has methodical replicated famous masterpieces from American art history, then superimposed text abbreviations and slang used by the world to communicate through digital devices. These playful juxtapositions raise a very good question: is our world experiencing a disintegration of language and culture or an evolution and efficiency that may be used to benefit society as we whole? 

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Upcoming Solo Exhibition, Everything Is Hilarious And Nothing Is Real, May 5th until June 25th, 2016 at Modernism Inc Gallery, 685 Market Street, Set 290, San Francisco, CA 94105

Opening reception: Thursday, May 5th, 2016 from 5:30-8 PM. The artist will be in attendance.

Shawn Huckins: Website | Instagram | Blog
Modernism Inc Gallery: Website

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  1. Raftsmen Playing Cards: Everything Is Hilarious And Nothing Is Real, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 62 x 84 in
  2. Mrs. Gideon Tucker: I Mean, Like, I Really Can’t Even, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 44 x 36 in
  3. Abraham Lincoln: Uhh, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 44 x 36 in
  4. Mark Hopkins: BAHAHA, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 28 in
  5. Julia Dodd: Wait What?, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 28 in
  6. Unknown Young Cowboy: Lets Have A Good Life And Pretend That We Don’t Know Each Other, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 42 x 34 in
  7. Politics In An Oyster House: Laughing My Ass Off, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16 in
  8. An Unidentified Gentleman’s Extended What, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 42 x 36 in
  9. Abraham Lincoln: Okay, Whatever, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 18 x 16 in 
  10. Artist Shawn Huckins in his studio, 2016. Images posted with permission of the artist.

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