TI IS MAD FOR: STEVEN PARRINO

Steven Parrino's Universal Mafia (1992) at Gagosian. (Photo: Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery)

"Romantic, formulaic, conceptualist-formalist heavy-metal boy-art abstraction. Yes, he is mannered and repetitive, but that’s on purpose. He’s an important bridge to a subsequent generation of mostly male artists, including Banks Violette, Terence Koh, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Dash Snow, and Nate Lowman."

Jerry Saltz on Oct 28 2007 : New York Magazine : on the art of Steven Parrino