STEVE LOCKE: THERE IS NO ONE LEFT TO BLAME
Steve Locke was born in 1963 (Cleveland, Ohio), grew up in Detroit, Michigan and lives in Boston. In 2013, Steve Locke exhibited in his first solo museum exhibition there is no one left to blame, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston. In 2014, there is no one left to blame travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
STEVE LOCKE:
THERE IS NO ONE LEFT TO BLAME
MAY 16 – JULY 27, 2014
“For several years Detroit native, Steve Locke, has been making images of male heads with their tongues sticking out. Lushly painted, in a wide-ranging palette, they are alternately disturbing, comical, vulnerable, and sensual. They trouble the historical propensity to image men as invariably authoritative and powerful, and instead explore a more ambivalent array of ideas and emotions regarding masculinity. The paintings evoke historical traumas such as the beheadings of the French Revolution, or the lynching of African Americans, as well as reference the more current anxieties of the last decade: terrorism, war, and torture. Whether embedding them in the wall of the museum, or propping them onto sculptural supports, Locke experiments with a variety of display strategies for paintings. In each instance, “business as usual” is refused, suggesting subtle hopes for new ideas and expanded freedoms.” – Helen Molesworth
Steve Locke was born in 1963 (Cleveland, Ohio), grew up in Detroit, Michigan and lives in Boston. In 2013, Steve Locke exhibited in his first solo museum exhibition there is no one left to blame, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston. In 2014, there is no one left to blame travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
Locke is a recipient of the 2014 Pollock-Krasner grant from the Pollock Krasner Foundation. He has received a Contemporary Work Fund grant from the LEF Foundation, and a travel grant to Turkey from the Art Matters Foundation. He has received multiple nominations for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, the Joan Mitchell Award and the Foster Prize from the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. In 2008, he was the visiting professor and artist in residence at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He received his MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art & Design in 2001 and holds Bachelor’s degrees from Boston University and MassArt. He currently is an Assistant Professor of Art Education at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design. Steve Locke is represented by Samsøn Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the proud product of a Jesuit education.
Support for Steve Locke: there is no one left to blame provided by Samsøn, the Patrice K. Aaron Family Foundation, Burt Aaron, and Spectrum Neon.
Exhibition programming support is generously provided by the Taubman Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts. Additional funding for programming and educational initiatives is provided by the Edith S. Briskin/Shirley K. Schlafer Foundation. Additional support is provided by The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and Renaissance Media.
