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Cary Leibowitz (b. 1963) has shown extensively since the 1980s, often under the moniker Candyass. Well known for his multiples, which have taken the form of coffee mugs, Frisbees, footballs, clothing, plates, car window screens, and trash cans, Leibowitz’s deadpan humor and cultural references take on identity and persona with bravado and visual impact. Popular culture collides with high culture, Jewish identity translates to kitsch, Queer political sloganeering becomes camp faggotry. His tragicomic artworks poke fun at art history, adolescent angst, fame, and cultural and religious stereotypes, blending aspects of Modernism, Pop, Multiculturalism, design culture and consumer advertising.
Leibowitz’ work was included in the landmark exhibitions Too Jewish? Challenging Traditional Identities at the Jewish Museum New York; In a Different Light at the University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley and Bad Girls, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York. His work has also been seen in exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Contemporary Musuem, Honolulu; Arcadia College, Pittsburgh; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Kunstverein für die Rhineland und Westfalen, Düsseldorf; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art; ICA Philadelphia; Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt; Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; Phoenix Art Museum; National Gallery of Australia, Melbourne; the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT; List Visual Art Center, MIT, Cambridge; the Guggenheim Museum, New York; and the Whitney Museum, New York. He holds a B.F.A. from the University of Kansas, and lives and works in New York City.
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Exhibitions and works:
Ye Olde Candyass Muggery, Alexander Gray Associates, 2009
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Cary Leibowitz, Paintings, 2000s
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Cary Leibowitz, Art Forum Berlin, 2007
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Cary Leibowitz, Alexander Gray Associates, 2007
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Cary Leibowitz, Multiples
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Cary Leibowitz, Works on Paper, 1990s
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Cary Leibowitz, Paintings, 1990s
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Cary Leibowitz, Works on Paper, 1980s
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Cary Leibowitz, Paintings, 1980s
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