Happy Idiot And Other Paintings About Unattainable Beauty

Happy Idiot And Other Paintings About Unattainable Beauty was Gary Baseman’s debut New York exhibition with The Earl McGrath Gallery. For this exhibition, Baseman work shows his recognizable characters involved with ridiculous and sometimes appalling aspects of human behavior including mutilation, self sacrifice, and heartbreaking statements of love. The paintings produced for this exhibition continue in this general mode but also, add melting, drooling, pouring and oozing to his message of unattainable beauty.

Happy Idiot And Other Paintings About Unattainable Beauty was on view from October 22th – November 29th, 2023 at The Earl McGrath Gallery in New York, NY.