Photo by Caren Levin (2015)
“Every new series presents a new set of problems, and that’s part of what keeps me working. And I have no caution. The thing that excites me is making something I’ve never seen before, and I make that happen as often as I can.”
Joe Goode was born in Oklahoma City in 1937. He attended the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles from 1959 to 1961. Over the past 60 years, his work has been shown in galleries from Los Angeles to New York, London to Tokyo. His work has been featured in museum exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and many more.
Goode’s work can be found in numerous museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery, London, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
JOE GOODE: PAINTINGS 1960 - 2016
Essays by Kristine McKenna and Joe Goode
A fully illustrated catalogue covering 25 different series of works, including texts from Joe Goode, Kristine McKenna, a foreword by Ed Ruscha and an afterword by Michael Kohn, released on the occasion of the March 2017 exhibition at Kohn Gallery Los Angeles. The catalogue focuses on Goode’s journey to Los Angeles, the rise of his career, his influences, the evolution of the art world around him, and important series of works from over the last six decades. [Available at Kohn Gallery]