Steven Parrino

Steven Parrino (1958, 2005) was an American artist known for his radical approach to painting, often slashing, crumpling, or misshaping his monochromatic canvases to challenge the conventions of the medium. His work engaged deeply with ideas of destruction, entropy, and the 'death of painting,' drawing on influences from punk rock, nihilism, and minimalism. Parrino was a significant figure in the New York art scene and is recognized for pushing abstraction into new conceptual and material territory.