Rob Pruitt:
An American Folk Artist

Since the early 1990s, Rob Pruitt’s risk-taking investigations into American popular culture have taken many forms. From his notorious Cocaine Buffet (1998) and glitter portraits of pandas to such events as his ongoing Flea Market and Annual Art Awards, Pruitt has employed a post-Pop sensibility to playfully satirize the art world and its ambivalent relation to celebrity and popular culture. His exhibition at the AAM will be the artist’s first ever solo museum survey in America, simultaneously charting a path through Pruitt’s diverse oeuvre and staying true to the spirit of disruption that has long been central to his practice.