Greene Naftali
Exhibition
MAYO THOMPSON
8th Floor
Mayo Thompson
Untitled, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 13 1/2 inches (43.2 x 34.3 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches (54.6 x 46.4 cm)
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson
Duck-Rabbit, 2015
Bronze
1 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (2.5 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Duck-Rabbit, 2015
Bronze
1 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (2.5 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Duck-Rabbit, 2015
Bronze
1 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (2.5 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Duck-Rabbit, 2015
Bronze
1 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (2.5 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Duck-Rabbit, 2015
Bronze
1 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (2.5 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Tuscan landscape (after the Pollaiuolos), 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 39 7/8 x 30 inches (101.3 x 76.2 cm)
Frame: 44 1/8 x 34 1/4 inches (112.1 x 87 cm)
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson
Regular Everything II, 1971
174 Ink on paper drawings
5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches (13.3 x 19.4 cm) each
Mayo Thompson
Regular Everything II, 1971 (detail)
174 Ink on paper drawings
5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches (13.3 x 19.4 cm) each
Mayo Thompson
Regular Everything II, 1971 (detail)
174 Ink on paper drawings
5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches (13.3 x 19.4 cm) each
Mayo Thompson
Nice, 1972
Ink on paper
Paper: 10 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches (27 x 37.5 cm)
Frame: 14 1/2 x 18 11/16 inches (36.8 x 47.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Victims, 1972
Ink on paper
Paper: 7 3/4 x 9 inches (19.7 x 22.9 cm)
Frame: 11 11/16 x 12 13/16 inches (29.7 x 32.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Man, 1972
Ink on paper
Paper: 9 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches (24.1 x 35.2 cm)
Frame: 13 1/2 x 17 7/8 inches (34.3 x 45.4 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Woman, 1972
Ink on paper
Paper: 9 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (24.4 x 35.2 cm)
Frame: 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (34.3 x 44.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Pencil on paper
Paper: 39 7/8 x 30 inches (101.3 x 76.2 cm)
Frame: 44 1/8 x 34 1/4 inches (112.1 x 87 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Frame: 17 x 23 inches (43 x 58.3 cm )
Mayo Thompson
Two Hibiscuses, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 30 x 39 7/8 inches (76.2 x 101.3 cm)
Frame: 34 3/16 x 44 1/8 inches (86.8 x 112.1 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 13 7/8 inches (43.2 x 35.2 cm)
Frame: 22 x 18 3/4 inches (55.9 x 47.8 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 12 x 17 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Frame: 16 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (41.9 x 57.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 13 7/8 inches (43.2 x 35.2 cm)
Frame: 21 15/16 x 15 15/16 inches (55.7 x 40.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson
Huntsman and dog (ghosts), 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 14 inches (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches (54.6 x 46.4 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Frame: 22 7/16 x 16 7/16 inches (57 x 41.8 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 39 7/8 x 30 inches (101.3 x 76.2 cm)
Frame: 44 1/8 x 35 1/4 inches (112.1 x 89.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Frame: 24 15/16 x 18 15/16 inches (63.3 x 48.1 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Frame: 22 7/16 x 16 7/16 inches (57 x 41.8 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Frame: 18 15/16 x 15 15/16 inches (48.1 x 40.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 11 inches (43.2 x 27.9 cm)
Frame: 19 15/16 x 13 15/16 inches (50.6 x 35.4 cm)
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson
Double Orange , 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 14 inches (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches (54.6 x 46.4 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Untitled, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 13 1/2 inches (43.2 x 34.3 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches (54.6 x 46.4 cm)
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson
Duck-Rabbit, 2015
Bronze
1 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (2.5 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Duck-Rabbit, 2015
Bronze
1 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (2.5 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Duck-Rabbit, 2015
Bronze
1 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (2.5 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Duck-Rabbit, 2015
Bronze
1 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (2.5 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Duck-Rabbit, 2015
Bronze
1 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (2.5 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Tuscan landscape (after the Pollaiuolos), 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 39 7/8 x 30 inches (101.3 x 76.2 cm)
Frame: 44 1/8 x 34 1/4 inches (112.1 x 87 cm)
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson
Regular Everything II, 1971
174 Ink on paper drawings
5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches (13.3 x 19.4 cm) each
Mayo Thompson
Regular Everything II, 1971 (detail)
174 Ink on paper drawings
5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches (13.3 x 19.4 cm) each
Mayo Thompson
Regular Everything II, 1971 (detail)
174 Ink on paper drawings
5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches (13.3 x 19.4 cm) each
Mayo Thompson
Nice, 1972
Ink on paper
Paper: 10 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches (27 x 37.5 cm)
Frame: 14 1/2 x 18 11/16 inches (36.8 x 47.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Victims, 1972
Ink on paper
Paper: 7 3/4 x 9 inches (19.7 x 22.9 cm)
Frame: 11 11/16 x 12 13/16 inches (29.7 x 32.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Man, 1972
Ink on paper
Paper: 9 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches (24.1 x 35.2 cm)
Frame: 13 1/2 x 17 7/8 inches (34.3 x 45.4 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Woman, 1972
Ink on paper
Paper: 9 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (24.4 x 35.2 cm)
Frame: 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (34.3 x 44.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Pencil on paper
Paper: 39 7/8 x 30 inches (101.3 x 76.2 cm)
Frame: 44 1/8 x 34 1/4 inches (112.1 x 87 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Frame: 17 x 23 inches (43 x 58.3 cm )
Mayo Thompson
Two Hibiscuses, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 30 x 39 7/8 inches (76.2 x 101.3 cm)
Frame: 34 3/16 x 44 1/8 inches (86.8 x 112.1 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 13 7/8 inches (43.2 x 35.2 cm)
Frame: 22 x 18 3/4 inches (55.9 x 47.8 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 12 x 17 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Frame: 16 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (41.9 x 57.2 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 13 7/8 inches (43.2 x 35.2 cm)
Frame: 21 15/16 x 15 15/16 inches (55.7 x 40.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson
Huntsman and dog (ghosts), 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 14 inches (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches (54.6 x 46.4 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Frame: 22 7/16 x 16 7/16 inches (57 x 41.8 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 39 7/8 x 30 inches (101.3 x 76.2 cm)
Frame: 44 1/8 x 35 1/4 inches (112.1 x 89.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Frame: 24 15/16 x 18 15/16 inches (63.3 x 48.1 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Frame: 22 7/16 x 16 7/16 inches (57 x 41.8 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Frame: 18 15/16 x 15 15/16 inches (48.1 x 40.5 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Hibiscus, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 11 inches (43.2 x 27.9 cm)
Frame: 19 15/16 x 13 15/16 inches (50.6 x 35.4 cm)
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson, Installation view, 8th Floor, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Mayo Thompson
Double Orange , 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 14 inches (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches (54.6 x 46.4 cm)
Mayo Thompson
Untitled, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
Paper: 17 x 13 1/2 inches (43.2 x 34.3 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches (54.6 x 46.4 cm)
Press Release
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So, Greene Naftali.
Yes. New York City.
Yes. The Beauty and the Beast.
Yes. Safe trip.
Thanks. You Too.
Greene Naftali is pleased to present a solo exhibition of never before seen work by Mayo Thompson, the first exhibition exclusively devoted to his visual art. Since cofounding the formative avant-garde, psychedelic rock collaborative Red Krayola in 1966, Thompson has operated from a position of resistance and critical negativity, two themes outlined in the manifesto published on the occasion of the band’s participation in the 2012 Whitney Biennial. Overturning conventions of authorship and genre in favor of collaborative working models, Thompson has previously collaborated with conceptual art collective Art & Language and Albert Oehlen, among others. This exhibition will include a series of black and white line drawings from the early 1970s, new works on paper, and a sculpture that plays on Duck Rabbit, the classic visual illusion that illustrates two different ways of seeing.