By Sarah Douglas 3/14/12 2:04pm

Armory Week 2012

Mr. Pruitt. (Photo by Sarah Douglas)

Bearly There: Rob Pruitt at Karma Bookstore

Last Saturday afternoon, the artist Rob Pruitt, who is known for his glittery paintings of panda bears and his tongue-in-cheek, Golden Globes-style “Art Awards,” was signing books, naked, in the Karma bookstore, in the West Village. He sat at the head of a table arrayed with copies of his 2010 volume Pattern and Degradation, each with a custom cover. One was composed of multiple books of matches. One came with a pair of handcuffs. One was sandwiched between copies of the New York Yellow Pages. As a fig leaf he employed a stuffed animal panda bear. Read More

By Andrew Russeth 10/31/11 8:56am

public art

warholmonument

Rob Pruitt’s Andy Warhol Statue Receives Extended Stay

Last Friday marked the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Statue of Liberty.

By a remarkable coincidence, the Public Art Fund announced this past weekend that artist Rob Pruitt’s chrome statue of Andy Warhol, a symbol of hope and freedom in its own right, which had been scheduled to end its six-month residency at the northwest corner of Union Square park this month, will remain there until May 13, 2012. Read More

By Emma Allen 10/27/11 12:53am

Work of Art

Artist Rob Pruitt and critic Jerry Saltz. (Courtesy Bravo)

‘Work of Art’ Recap, Episode 3: Rob Pruitt Judges Pop Art

In this week’s installment of a certain Bravo reality television show, viewers nationwide were confronted with a fatal jet-skiing accident, sexual harassment, a discussion about the appropriate setting in which to consume a Pimm’s No. 1 Cup, and lots of boobs. Surprisingly enough, however, there were no real housewives involved. The television program of which I speak is actually Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, and thankfully a real artist (guest judge Rob Pruitt) dropped by before the hour ended and steered the show in the direction of, you know, ART, albeit for like 12 seconds. Read More