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Featuring 25 paintings from the last decade, Projects: Marlon
WORLD-CLASS ART PROJECTS: MARLON MULLEN collection, Untitled (2017) and Untitled (2016), on display for
Mullen includes two newly acquired works from MoMA’s

the first time. Additional paintings from the artist’s studio and
private collections, many inspired by covers from Artforum

showcased. Notably, a new piece inspired by the cover of
MoMA proudly presents Projects: Marlon Mullen, the first and Art in America over the past 20 years, will also be
MoMA’s Van Gogh: The Starry Night publication will make
solo exhibition of the artist’s work by a major museum. The its debut. Amanda Eicher, Executive Director of NIAD Art
exhibition explores Mullen’s bold reinterpretation of visual Center, celebrates the exhibition’s significance: “On behalf of
media. Using art publications and printed materials as his everyone at NIAD, it is an honor to work with MoMA to elevate
source, Mullen (b. 1963) radically transforms text and imagery Marlon Mullen’s practice and open his first solo museum
through dynamic color and composition, creating deeply exhibition.
expressive works. Since 1986, Mullen has been based at
NIAD Art Center in Richmond, California, a progressive studio
supporting artists with developmental disabilities.
Curated by Ann Temkin, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis
Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture.
Mullen’s work continues a rich tradition of artists creating art
about art, a theme woven deeply into MoMA’s collection. His
paintings reinterpret art books and magazine covers, stripping
them down to pure form. As Temkin explains, “Taking the
covers of art books and magazines as his subject matter,
Mullen transforms them into dazzling paintings that bring him,
and us, into the thick of today’s art world.”

Marlon Mullen. Untitled. 2024. Acrylic on canvas, 48 × 40" (121.9 × 101.6 cm).
Courtesy the artist, NIAD Art Center, and Adams and Ollman © 2024 Marlon
Mullen. Photo by Chris Grunder

Marlon Mullen. Untitled. 2016. Acrylic on canvas, 42×42" (106.7×106.7 cm).
Collection KAWS © 2024 Marlon Mullen.
Installation view of Projects: Marlon Mullen, on view at The Museum of
Modern Art, New York from December 16, 2024, through April 20, 2025.
Photo: Jonathan Dorado

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