STORYTELLING
Billy Schenck has been painting in his reductivist paint-by-numbers style since the 1960's. The first formal art show Schenck saw as an 18-year-old was Warhol’s Campbell Soup collection. Subsequently working for Warhol the following year Schenck notes Warhol’s pop art style as an early influence on his work. In Schenck’s artistic version of a mythic “New West” he satirizes the surrounding universal truth and lies.
We are pleased to show a new body of Schenck's work side by side with a selection of pop art images from Andy Warhol's Cowboys and Indians portfolio (1986). Exploring the west through myths and nostalgia the images were Warhol’s last major project before he passed away in 1987.
An Evening with David Yarrow
HOW I MAKE PHOTOGRAPHS
Please join us for an evening with David Yarrow. David planned a short stop to visit us in Ketchum and give a presentation about his photographic journeys and the very interesting backstories behind his photographs.
David will be at Broschofsky Galleries, Wednesday, July 19th, 5:30 - 7PM.
It will be an unforgettable evening and we hope to see you then.
It’s a New Frontier
Rudi Broschofsky’s Contemporary Holograms of the Old West
How do you make traditional Western art subjects edgy? Something representative yet abstract and conceptual? Ask Rudi Broschofsky, an emerging artist whose work conveys the majesty of the Wild West with neon spray paint. It speaks to both the cowboy and the urban hipster. Son of the founders of Ketchum’s Broschofsky Galleries, Rudi is an integral role in the operations and development of the gallery as a partner and full-time employee while additionally managing to break out as an artist in his own right. Rudi is a fresh voice in the Valley and far beyond that, is gripped by the imagery and symbolism of the Old West, which he translates into a modern visual language of street art. He re-imagines the nostalgic iconography he has been raised on in a punch and innovative way. (Read More)
An Evening with David Yarrow
HOW I MAKE PHOTOGRAPHS
Please join us for an evening with David Yarrow. David planned a short stop to visit us in Ketchum and give a presentation about his photographic journeys and the very interesting backstories behind his photographs.
David will be at Broschofsky Galleries, Saturday, July 23, 5-8, with a slideshow presentation at 7:00.
It will be an unforgettable evening and we hope to see you then.
Western Pop, Andy Warhol & Billy Schenck
The dual exhibition Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians and Billy Schenck: Myth of the West joins the modern and contemporary American West through a shared vision born of nostalgia, romance and high style. It is comprised of fourteen original screen prints by Andy Warhol and twenty-nine paintings and serigraphs by Billy Schenck. The show’s iconic Pop art style and bold color provide a refreshing take on a region often associated with more staid and traditional representation. By introducing new audiences to the modern West through Warhol’s star power and name recognition, the Briscoe aims to expand visitors’ appetites for newer work and fresh eyes on a beloved American subject. The work of Billy Schenck is similarly accessible and engaging. A contemporary of Warhol’s, Schenck has dedicated his career to depicting Western subject matter, inviting his audiences to go further than even Warhol and to question comfortable assumptions many of us entertain about the region.
The Wild West
Through the lens of David Yarrow
Broschofsky Galleries in Ketchum is known for its western artists and collections from the likes of Gordon McConnell, Edward Curtis, Russell Young, and the late Russell Chatham among several other notable artists. These collectible works of fine art harken back to days gone by, a preservation of history, and sentiments of the West. However, recently, the gallery has brought the photography of internationally known fine art photographer David Yarrow into its space, broadening its reach into popular culture and 21st century fine art collectibles.
“I discovered David Yarrow and was taken by his photography,” says Rudi Broschofsky of Broschofsky Galleries. “Due to international restrictions and lockdowns, David Yarrow spent much of his time in the U.S. this past year. Inspired by the vast western landscape, Yarrow captured much of his wild west series during this time.” (Read More)
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Abstract Expressionism’s Leading Women, Pat Steir and Joan Mitchell, Inspired by Modern Art Masters Hokusai and van Gogh.
Contemporary artists Pat Steir and Joan Mitchell share the noble status of leading women in the modern art world through their early connection to the intrinsic styles of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, known as Hokusai, and renowned abstract expressionist Vincent Van Gogh. As their life’s work unfolded throughout the decades, Steir and Mitchell harnessed a style, which is still reminiscent of their modern art master predecessors. (Read More).
Rudi Broschofsky featured in BigLife Magazine •
I’m a Skater, Not a Cowboy
- Western Art’s Newest Jam
Not many people can say they’ve lived in a teepee, rocked a green mohawk while wearing a medical halo for their broken neck, boxed someone 100lbs above their weight class, competed in national snowboard competitions, and owned an Andy Warhol original since they were 22. My guess? There’s only one: Ketchum artist Rudi Broschofsky (Read More).
Traeger Grills teams up with artist Rudi Broschofsky to help support the Wolakota
Read more about the project here
Warhol and the West
Warhol and the West is the first museum exhibition to fully explore Andy Warhol’s love of the West represented in his art, movies, attire, travel and collecting. Developed in a partnership with The Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Ga. and the Tacoma Art Museum, Warhol and the West presents the full range of Western imagery Warhol produced. New scholarship examines how Warhol’s Western work merges the artist’s portrayal of celebrities with his interest in cowboys, American Indians and other western motifs. His work in the Western genre is immediately recognizable, impressive, daring, inspirational and sometimes confrontational. This body of work furthers our understanding of how the American West infiltrates the public’s imagination through contemporary art and popular culture.
Russell Young Takes Over London
Along the length of Brompton Road, where the renowned department store Harrods has stood since 1849, the windows are lined with the diamond-dusted glam of artist Russell Young’s exclusive series ICONS. This is the first time Harrods has ever exhibited the work of an artist not only within its new gallery space inside the store but also along the entire length of its famous storefront windows. Read More
When the West was Won: Recent Paintings by Gordon McConnell
For nearly thirty years, Billings-based artist Gordon McConnell has created works derived from Western film stills and informed by his sustained study of the history of the American West and its representations in literature, art, film, and photography.
When the West Was Won: Recent Paintings by Gordon McConnell is a new exhibition at the Northcutt Steele Gallery, on the campus of Montana State University Billings