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 Using many diverse elements such as Japanese pop culture and art history, to science fiction, Chinese propaganda posters, and real life, Chris Scarborough creates work that explores the grey areas that form when cultural and contextual boundaries erode and cross paths. Working in photography and drawing, Scarborough’s meticulously detailed images of people who have been manipulated according to the tropes of Japanese anime is an exploration of the cultural concepts and impositions of cuteness, beauty and perfection. In more recent work, the artist is building on this foundation to include an examination of cartoon violence, mostly through the use of anthropomorphization, the idea of giving human motivations, characteristics, or other attributes to non-human things (like weather, or nature) or, in this case, war and it’s different aspects. What once was cute now may become grotesque or vice versa. And in doing so, Scarborough is creating images that leave viewers on uneasy ground, unable to look away for risk that they might miss a detail that reveals everything, but ultimately leaving them to deal with the sensation of experiencing something familiar and yet not. Chris Scarborough received his BFA from SCAD in Savannah, GA in 2000. Exhibiting since 2000, Scarborough has received reviews and been included in such surveys as Alarm Magazine ( Sept. 2007) ArtPapers Magazine (2006 & 2005), NY Arts Magazine (2007 & 2006), New American Paintings 2004 and 2001 (book #46, #34), among others. He has also had recent solo exhibitions at Gescheidle in Chicago, IL (2006), Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta, GA (2006), and has participated in group exhibitions and art fairs in NYC, Chicago, LA, Washington D.C., Miami, Atlanta, and New Orleans among others. He has upcoming solo shows in 2008 with Foley Gallery (NYC) and Fifty/50 Gallery in Chicago. Scarborough’s work is part of numerous private and public collections including the Tennessee State Museum, 21C Museum, and the Tullman Collection, and is a recipient of the 2008 Artist Fellowship for the state of Tennessee. Scarborough is represented by the Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA, and TAG Gallery, Nashville, TN. He currently lives and works in Nashville, TN.
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Chris Scarborough, 2007
Graphite on Paper 19" x 22" $1,500 Larger Image | Untitled (Ecstasy)
Chris Scarborough, 2007
Graphite on Paper 22" x 30" $2,500 Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2007
Graphite on Paper 18" x 22" $1,500 Larger Image | Untitled (War Baby)
Chris Scarborough, 2007
Graphite on Paper 30" x 22" SOLD Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2007
Graphite on Paper 10.5" x 13.5"
$750 Larger Image | Untitled (The Evolutionist)
Chris Scarborough, 2007
Graphite on Paper
22” x 30”
$2,500 Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2006
Graphite on Paper
22” x 30” SOLD Larger Image | Untitled (The Wader)
Chris Scarborough, 2006
Graphite on Paper
22” x 30” $2,500 Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2005
Graphite on Paper
11” x 14”
SOLD Larger Image | Untitled (Smolder)
Chris Scarborough, 2006
Graphite on paper
19” x 22”
SOLD Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2005
Graphite on Paper
30” x 44” $3,500 Larger Image | Untitled (The Cuddler)
Chris Scarborough, 2005
Graphite on Paper
42” x 29 1/2”
SOLD Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2006
Graphite on Paper
22” x 30” SOLD Larger Image | Untitled (Melt)
Chris Scarborough, 2006
Graphite on Paper
33” x 44”
$3,500 Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2006
Graphite on Paper
19” x 22” SOLD Larger Image | Untitled (Drift)
Chris Scarborough, 2007
Graphite on Paper
11” x 14”
SOLD Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2007
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
Edition of 5 32" x 48"
$2,600 Larger Image | Untitled (Nightwalker)
Chris Scarborough, 2007
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
Edition of 5
30" x 40"
$2,200 Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2006
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
Edition of 5 20" x 30"
$1,400 Larger Image | Untitled (Nicole)
Chris Scarborough, 2007
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
Edition of 5
20" x 30"
$1,400 Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2006
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
Edition of 5 30" x 36"
$2,000 Larger Image<O:P></O:P> | Untitled (Shannon 3)
Chris Scarborough, 2006
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
Edition of 5
30" x 40"
$2,200
Larger Image |
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Digital C-Print Edition of 5 32" x 48"
$2,600 Larger Image | Untitled (Shannon)
Chris Scarborough, 2005
Digital C-Print Edition of 5 33" x 48" $2,600 Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2005
Digital C-Print Edition of 5 30" x 40" $2,000 Larger Image | Untitled (Juliet)
Chris Scarborough, 2005
Digital C-Print Edition of 5 30" x 40" $2,000 Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2005
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
30” x 36”
Edition of 7
$1,800 View Larger Image | Untitled (Dan)
Chris Scarborough, 2005
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
30" x 40"
Edition of 7
$2,000 View Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2005
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
30” x 40”
Edition of 7
$2,000 View Larger Image | Untitled (Erin)
Chris Scarborough, 2005
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
30” x 40”
Edition of 7
$2,000 View Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2005
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
20” x 24”
Edition of 7
$1,000 View Larger Image | Untitled (Hans 2)
Chris Scarborough, 2005
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
24” x 36”
Edition of 7
$1,400 View Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2005
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
27” x 36”
Edition of 7
$2,000 View Larger Image | Untitled (Cindy)
Chris Scarborough, 2005
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
20” x 24”
Edition of 7
$1,000 View Larger Image |
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Chris Scarborough, 2005
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
20” x 24”
Edition of 7
$1,000 View Larger Image | Untitled (Hans)
Chris Scarborough, 2005
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
20” x 24”
Edition of 7
$1,000 View Larger Image |
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Untitled (Joe)
Chris Scarborough, 2005
Fuji Crystal Archive Print
30” x 40”
Edition of 7 $2,000 View Larger Image
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