Rob Pruitt

Artist, crafter, and cultural anthropologist - Rob Pruitt navigates the depths and the shallows of the contemporary visual world. His varied projects include painted glittery canvases of panda bears, an eBay Flea Market benefiting various charities, creating the art world's own Hollywood-style awards ceremony, and for the better half of a decade, Instagramming a daily calendar of personal and public events. Pruitt has won many admirers for his use of diverse media and D.I.Y. techniques, which bring an outsider spirit to works that always deliver a message. Over the last 30 years, Pruitt’s influential practice has been met with both critical and popular success.


His work has been shown internationally since the early 1990’s, at venues including the Tate Modern, Kunstahlle Zürich, MoCA Detroit, and the Aspen Art Museum. In 2011, the Public Art Fund installed Pruitt’s Andy Monument, a chrome-plated, seven-foot-tall statue of Andy Warhol, near Union Square.


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Art for Earth Day
Art for Earth Day
2020 Vision
2020 Vision
INTERVIEW: Rob Pruitt on His New Artspace Limited Edition Print
INTERVIEW: Rob Pruitt on His New Artspace Limited Edition Print
Five Holiday Window Displays By Dan Flavin, Rob Pruitt, & Others
Five Holiday Window Displays By Dan Flavin, Rob Pruitt, & Others
The Essential Art Basel 2016 Emoji Phrasebook
The Essential Art Basel 2016 Emoji Phrasebook
Independent's Day: Laura Mitterrand on the "Curated" Fair
Independent's Day: Laura Mitterrand on the "Curated" Fair
10 of the Best Artworks at the Untitled Art Fair
10 of the Best Artworks at the Untitled Art Fair
Tour Collector Sue Stoffel's Upper West Side Home
Tour Collector Sue Stoffel's Upper West Side Home
The Best of Art Basel Miami Beach 2014
The Best of Art Basel Miami Beach 2014
Collector Anita Zabludowicz's Art Basel Diary
Collector Anita Zabludowicz's Art Basel Diary
The Art Lovers: Power Couples of the Art World
The Art Lovers: Power Couples of the Art World