NEW WORK AVAILABLE DIRECTLY
Pictures of men, age, and everyday life.
Self-Directed is a new group of paintings and drawings about private rooms, daily rituals, memory, and the experience of seeing oneself.
Sunday 12-25 AM (Kitchen), 48x36×1.5 inches oil on linen, by Kenney Mencher $3,000
Project
I am developing a new body of paintings about men, aging, private rooms, classrooms, mirrors, memory, and the social codes that shape how people look at art and at each other. The work grows out of drawing, photography, art history, travel, and years of painting the figure.
About
Kenney Mencher is a figurative painter and art historian. His work grows out of long training in drawing, painting, and looking at pictures. He has taught art history and studio art for many years, and his paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States.
CV/Exhibitions
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
It’s All About the Bears, Lone Star Saloon, San Francisco, California, 2022
Renovated Reputations, Ohlone College, Fremont, California, 2012
Renovated Reputations, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, California, 2012
Renovated Reputations, Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, California, 2012
Lovers and Liars, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, California, 2008