Above: “Case Study 1 (86.AE.45: Side C, 76.AE.48: Side A, 85.AE.462: Side B),” 2025; Center: “Case Study 2 (81.AE.100: Side A, 86.AE.76: Side A, 76.AE.48: Side C),” 2025; Below: “Case Study 3 (76.AE.48: Side B, 85.AE.462: Side B, 86.AE.148: Side C),” 2025. From Looking For The Backside, Volume 2: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, USA. Screenprints on mirrored acrylic sheets, wood. Each panel: 21¾ x 23¾ x 1½ in.; triptych overall: 62 x 24 x 2 in. Installation view at 839, LA. Photo: Kyle Tata
Artifact Studies, 2024. Screenprints and drawings of select ceramic vessels in the Greco-Roman collection of The Art & History Museum in Brussels, Belgium. On paper or double aluminized polyester film. From Looking For The Backside, Volume 1: The Art & History Museum in Brussels, Belgium, 2024
Reconstructed Amphora for The Art & History Museum in Brussels, Belgium (Los Angeles to London to Venice to Rome to Brussels), 2024 (recto). Acrylic paint, hot melt adhesive, terracotta, 14 x 7 in., from Looking For The Backside, Volume 1: The Art & History Museum in Brussels, Belgium.
Reconstructed Amphora for The Art & History Museum in Brussels, Belgium (Los Angeles to London to Venice to Rome to Brussels), 2024 (verso). Acrylic paint, hot melt adhesive, terracotta, 14 x 7 in., from Looking For The Backside, Volume 1: The Art & History Museum in Brussels, Belgium.
Tucker Neel (b. 1980, Washington, DC) lives and works in Los Angeles. His practice uses disruption and redirection to examine how ideology is encoded in overlooked objects, communication systems, and aesthetic conventions. He received a BA from Occidental College and an MFA from Otis College of Art and Design, where he is an Associate Professor in the Liberal Arts & Sciences department. In addition to unaffiliated public projects, he has exhibited at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Samuel Freeman, Control Room (Los Angeles), and Ogge (Brussels). He has curated exhibitions for CB1 Gallery, Highways Performance Space, and the Tom of Finland Foundation (Los Angeles). Neel’s work has been reviewed in the L.A. Times, L.A. Weekly, Artforum, and Art21 Magazine. He has written for Artillery, X-TRA Contemporary Art Journal, ARTLIES, Artpulse, and The L.A. Alternative Press. He is also the founder and director of 323Projects, an experimental exhibition venue for participatory, sound-based works.
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