Mean Green Machine
Mean Green Machine is a vibrant work by artist Grear Patterson that pulses with an energetic, almost kinetic sense of movement and color. The piece channels a bold, graphic sensibility, balancing playful irreverence with a confident visual punch. Patterson's signature aesthetic is felt throughout, merging pop-inflected imagery with a raw, expressive edge.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
New Now Day Sale
February 29, 2016
Artists in conversation
Kenny Scharf
American · b. 1958
Scharf blends pop art sensibility with bold graphic imagery and vibrant color palettes, creating works that share Patterson's energetic and playful irreverence. His mechanized and cartoon inflected forms resonate directly with the kinetic, pop influenced aesthetic of Mean Green Machine.
KAWS
American · b. 1974
KAWS merges graphic boldness with pop art references and a raw expressive edge, producing work that carries the same confident visual punch found in Patterson's piece. His use of bold colors and graphic abstraction closely mirrors the contemporary pop inflected style on display here.
Ryan McGinness
American · b. 1972
McGinness creates highly graphic, energetic compositions that fuse abstract forms with bold color and a pop culture driven visual language, aligning tightly with the graphic sensibility and mechanical subject matter of Mean Green Machine. His layered mixed media approach also reflects Patterson's raw and expressive working method.
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