Wayne White: Maybe Now I'll Get The Respect I So Richly Deserve

About this book

Design guru and art collector Todd Oldham shines the spotlight on the clever and warped world of artist Wayne White. From Waynes early days as a production designer and puppet maker for the iconic TV show "Pee-Wees Playhouse" to his unmistakable and exquisitely rendered text paintings this monograph is a comprehensive view of Wayne Whites oeuvre. Wayne is a unique wordsmith brilliantly juxtaposing irreverent and humorous phrases over existing thrift store paintings that together create a completely original and fictional landscape. Influenced by both his upbringing in rural Tennessee and a very sophisticated knowledge of art history. Wayne Whites sensibility is completely singular and distinctive. Wayne Whites warped and perspectival words integrate into seemingly benign pastoral landscapes creating a completely surreal experience. Waynes expert painting chops and detailed attention to lighting and reflection place the "new" text directly in its "original" setting. Text paintings such as "Donald Judd was a Son of a Bitch Wrecked His Train in a Whorehouse Ditch " "Poon " and "Maybe Now Ill Get The Respect I So Richly Deserve" are a welcome departure from the more-often-than-not self-aggrandizing art world.