Icons & Vandals

APRIL 12 - APRIL 27, 2025

Icons & Vandals celebrates the boundary-breakers of 20th and 21st-century art— visionaries who have disrupted, reshaped, and redefined the global art landscape.

This exhibition brings together iconic names and audacious rule-breakers, whose groundbreaking movements have left an enduring impact on contemporary culture.

With artwork spanning 60 years, Icons & Vandals highlights the creative tension between establishment and rebellion, tracing how artistic defiance fuels innovation.

Rediscover legendary figures and bold provocateurs as this show unpacks the everevolving relationship between disruption and progress. Experience the lasting impact of these trailblazers and the artistic revolutions they ignited.

From Andy Warhol’s pop provocations to James Rosenquist’s cinematic scale, the artists in Icons & Vandals have each shattered conventions and redefined artistic expression. Robert Indiana’s bold text-based works, Robert Rauschenberg’s fearless experimentation, and Joan Miró’s surrealist visions disrupted the art world of their time, just as Sol LeWitt’s conceptual rigor and Alex Katz’s crisp portraiture pushed new visual boundaries. This rebellious spirit thrives in the street-smart activism of Shepard Fairey, the dynamic energy of Tristan Eaton, and the technicolor dreamscapes of Kenny Scharf. Icons & Vandals debuts new work by Graffiti legend SABER, whose monumental lettering and raw, expressive strokes continue to push the limits of urban art. The exhibition features over a dozen new works by Mr. Brainwash, whose signature fusion of pop culture and street art continues to electrify audiences. A selection of neon works by local Austin icon Todd Sanders, cast a bold, electric glow, bridging the city’s creative pulse with the global legacy of artistic disruption.

Open for three weeks only, don’t miss joining West Chelsea Contemporary in celebrating the fearless visionaries who continue to challenge, innovate, and inspire.

ANDY WARHOL American, 1928 - 1987

Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical reproduction, Pop artist Andy Warhol created some of the 20th century’s most iconic images. He drew widely from popular culture and everyday subject matter in his most famous works: his 32 Campbell's soup cans, Brillo pad box sculptures, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, for example. Rejecting the dominant painting and sculpting modes of his day, Warhol embraced silk-screen printmaking to achieve his characteristic hard edges and flat areas of color. The artist mentored Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and continues to influence contemporary art around the world: His provocative successors include Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons. Warhol has been the subject of exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Pompidou, among other institutions. His works have sold for upwards of $100 million at auction.

After Andy Warhol Souper Dress (/Unknown), 1966-67 Screenprint in colors on cellulose and cotton paper dress 46" x 36.25" $13,000

Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup Can (Tomato) (/Unknown), 1981 Screenprint on cotton t-shirt 25" x 25" $34,000

JAMES ROSENQUIST American, 1933 - 2017

Leading Pop artist James Rosenquist—who came to prominence among New York School figures like Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Willem de Kooning—is well known for his large-scale, fragmented works that bring the visual language of commercial painting onto canvas (notably, from 1957-60, Rosenquist earned his living as a billboard painter). In his use of mass-produced goods and vernacular culture rendered in an anonymous style, Rosenquist's work recalls that of Andy Warhol, while his seemingly irrational, mysterious pictorial combinations owe a debt to Surrealism. His breakthrough work, the iconic F-111 (1965)—51 panels that total over 22 by 24 feet—juxtaposes an American fighter plane with a Firestone tire, garish orange tinned spaghetti, and a young girl under a hair dryer.

James Rosenquist Woman in the Sun (52/60), 1991 15 color lithograph from aluminum plate on mouldmade paper, white Rives BFK 33" x 42.5" $5,500

James Rosenquist Night Transitions (PP 2/4), 1985 12 color lithograph on Arches paper 47" x 30" $6,500

James Rosenquist South (from Horse Blinders) (29/85), 1972 Color lithograph and silkscreen with silver foil collage on Arches paper 36.50" x 64.25" $6,000

James Rosenquist North (from Horse Blinders) (29/85), 1972 Color lithograph and silkscreen with silver foil collage on Arches paper 36.50" x 64.25" $6,000

James Rosenquist West (from Horse Blinders) (29/85), 1972 Color lithograph and silkscreen with silver foil collage on Arches paper 36.50" x 68" $6,000

James Rosenquist Ice Point (145/150), 1983 Lithograph on Arches Cover paper 33.50" x 24.25" $5,500

ROBERT INDIANA American, 1928 - 2018

Robert Indiana was an American Pop artist whose work drew inspiration from signs, billboards, and commercial logos. He is best known for his series of LOVE paintings, which employed bold and colorful letterforms to spell out the word “love.” Following the advice of his friend Ellsworth Kelly, the artist relocated to New York after receiving his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1954. It was here that Indiana became acquainted with a number of prominent artists, including Agnes Martin, and James Rosenquist. Over the following decades his work became increasingly popular, with both his LOVE and HOPE motifs transformed into a number of public sculptures. In September 2013, the Whitney Museum of American Art opened “Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE,” the artist’s first retrospective in New York. Indiana died on May 19, 2018 in Vinalhaven, ME. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Tate Gallery in London, among others.

Robert Indiana Hope Wall - Black and White (AP 4/4), 2009 Silkscreen on wove paper 23" x 23" $9,750

Robert Indiana Hope Wall - Red, White and Blue (AP 2/4), 2010 Silkscreen on wove paper 24" x 24" $9,750

Robert Indiana HEAL (positive variation) (16/25), 2015 Silkscreen on 2ply Rising Museum Board 33" x 32" $20,500

Robert Indiana HEAL (red, green, blue variation) (PP 5/5), 2015 Silkscreen on 2ply Rising Museum Board 32" x 32" $25,500

Robert Indiana Love Is God (9/25), 2014 Silkscreen on 2ply Rising Museum Board 60" x 60" $41,000

Robert Indiana Chosen Love (87/125), 1995 Skein dyed, hand carved and hand tufted archival New Zealand wool on stretched canvas 119" x 120" $17,750

ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG American, 1925 - 2008

Over the course of his six-decade career, Robert Rauschenberg embraced pop culture, technical experimentation, and material eclecticism. Today, he’s perhaps best known for his radical, three-dimensional “Combines”—which he composed from discarded materials and mundane objects such as sheet metal, newspaper, tires, and umbrellas—and for his colorful silkscreen paintings on which he screen-printed, then painted over, collaged photographs sourced from books and magazines. In 1964, Rauschenberg made history when he became the first American to win the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale. In the years since, Rauschenberg has been the subject of solo shows at the Guggenheim, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, and Moderna Museet, among other institutions. His work belongs in collections worldwide and has sold for tens of millions at auction.

Robert Rauschenberg Health (from Tribute 21) (39/50), 1994 Lithograph in colors with vegetable dye water transfer on Arches Infinity paper 41" x 27.25" $8,500

Robert Rauschenberg Arena II (from Stoned Moon Series) (9/50), 1969 Lithograph in colors on Special Arjomari paper 45.80" x 31" $25,000

ROBERT LONGO American, b. 1953

Robert Longo is known for large-scale, hyperrealistic charcoal portraits that consider power, authority, and social unrest. In the early 1980s, Longo earned acclaim for his bold “Men in the Cities” series, which features business-suited subjects posed in uncanny contortions. Since then, he has depicted scenes from the Occupy Wall Street movement, the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris, Black Lives Matter protests, and refugee migrations. A member of the loose cohort of Pictures Generation artists who repurpose mass media images in their artwork, Longo has drawn on photographs and art historical works for inspiration. He often uses a monochromatic palette, carefully building his charcoal surfaces to create a sense of depth and contrast. Longo has exhibited at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among other institutions. On the secondary market, his work has sold for seven-figure prices.

Longo’s practice also includes photography, performance, and sculpture.

Robert Longo Ivy Mike (9/15), 2010 Archival pigment print on Epson Hot-Pressed paper 44.63" x 34" $17,600

Robert Longo Jules (6/10 AP), 1982-83 Lithograph with embossing on Arches 36.50" x 21" $25,000

SOL LEWITT American, 1928 - 2007

Sol LeWitt famously stressed the importance of the ideas that animated his artwork over the particulars of their execution. A leading figure of the Conceptual and Minimalist movements, he maintained a practice that included drawing, printmaking, photography, painting, installation, sculpture, and writing. He is perhaps best known for simple, geometric drawings and wall paintings and for his “structures”: modular sculptures of cubed forms, variously constructed from steel, polyurethane, wood, or concrete. LeWitt also received attention for his writings on the nature of Conceptual art. To “install” his wall paintings, contemporary exhibition spaces must follow a set of instructions the artist left behind. LeWitt received his BFA from Syracuse University. After graduating, he took classes at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (now the School of Visual Arts), worked as a graphic designer and, later, worked shifts at the Museum of Modern Art alongside artists such as Dan Flavin and Robert Mangold. His work has been exhibited in a number of institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, the Centre Pompidou, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami; it also belongs in the collections of countless museums including the Tate, the Guggenheim Museum, Dia Beacon, and the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris.

Sol LeWitt Color Bands, Plate #06 (49/75), 2000 Linocut in colors on Somerset paper 28.75" x 28.75" $7,500

Sol LeWitt Color Bands, Plate #01 (49/75), 2000 Linocut in colors on Somerset paper 29" x 29" $7,500

JOAN MIRÓ Spanish, 1893 - 1983

Widely considered one of the leading Surrealists (though he was never officially part of the group), Joan Miró was also a pioneer of automatism: a method of spontaneous drawing that attempted to express the inner workings of the human psyche. Miró used color and form in a symbolic manner, developing intricate compositions and a wandering linear style that combined abstract elements with recurring motifs such as birds, eyes, and the moon. During his lifetime, Miró received the Grand Prize for Graphic Work at the 1954 Venice Biennale, exhibited at the first Documenta exhibition in 1955, and enjoyed multiple high-profile retrospectives.

Today, Miró’s work—which has sold for eight figures at auction—can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art, among other institutions. His public sculptures and murals are installed in cities around the world, including Milan, Paris, and Barcelona.

Joan Miró Les Forestiers (/75), 1958 Color aquatint on Rives BFK paper 26.13" x 19.75" $24,000

Joan Miró Le Lezard aux Plumes d’Or (/100), 1967 Lithograph in colors on wove paper 14" x 39" $28,000

Joan Miró Le Puisatier (26/75), 1969 Etching and aquatint in colors 41.75" x 26.25" $27,500

Joan Miró The Illiterate with Red Squares (23/75), 1969 Lithograph on red and white checkered cloth pasted against Mandeure chiffon paper 33.50" x 23.75" $19,500

ALEX KATZ American, b. 1927

New York School painter Alex Katz developed his highly stylized aesthetic in reaction to 1950s Abstract Expressionism, finding his own distinctive resolution between formalism and representation. His brightly colored figurative and landscape paintings are rendered in a flat style that takes cues from everyday visual culture like advertising and cinema, in many ways anticipating both the formal and conceptual concerns of Pop Art. Well known for his many portraits of his wife and muse, Ada, Katz has also dedicated himself to printmaking and freestanding sculptures of cutout figures painted on wood or aluminum. Katz' work resides in numerous public collections across the world, including: the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art in New York, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Saatchi Gallery in London, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo.

Alex Katz Sasha 2 (75/100), 2016 Archival pigment print in colors on Crane Museo Max paper 33.87" x 33.87" $21,500

TODD SANDERS American, b. 1967

Contemporary neon artist Todd Sanders crafts his vintage-style designs using durable modern materials and specialized weathering techniques. Evoking the glory days of roadside America, Sanders’ work resembles old relics rescued from forgotten attractions on abandoned highways. Sanders calls his style modern vintage, but considers himself a pop artist, sharing a rich artistic vein mined by Andy Warhol and other pop-culture iconographers. A Montgomery, TX native, Sanders began pursuing his muse in earnest after moving to Austin, Sanders’ work is prized by his collectors, including Willie Nelson, Shepard Fairey, Edie Brickell/Paul Simon, Joe Rogan, Johnny Depp, ZZ Top, and Kings of Leon. Sanders’ pieces have appeared in several films, as well as the pages of Esquire, Fortune, Texas Monthly, and Southern Living magazine. The original version of his most popular design, his animated “Fireflies in a Mason Jar,” was created for the wedding of fellow Texan Miranda Lambert to Blake Shelton. Several of his works have hung in the Museum of Neon Art in Los Angeles.

Todd Sanders 3 Stilettos (5/5), 2025 Neon, metal, and paint 61" x 36" $23,500

Todd Sanders Modern (8/20), 2019 Neon, metal, and paint 44" x 73" $21,500

Todd Sanders Razor Blade (1/5), 2024 Neon, metal, paint, and paper 50" x 92.75" $25,000

Todd Sanders Turquoise Luchador (2/25), 2023 Neon, metal, and paint 61.50" x 43.50" $23,500

MR. BRAINWASH French, b. 1966

A provocative figure in the world of street art, Mr. Brainwash practices an irreverent brand of appropriation characterized by the use of copyrighted images from history, popular culture, and art history. The artist subtly alters the picture or its context, mischievously undermining the tone of the source material. Brainwash, a pseudonym for Thierry Guetta, is known for producing massive spectacles to display his art. He came to prominence through mounting large-scale public projects in his current home of Los Angeles and as the main figure in the Banksy-directed film Exit Through the Gift Shop. His work hinges on the idea that anything is possible in his practice. “Art has no walls. Anybody can be an artist,” he says. “Art has no rules. There’s no manual.”

Mr. Brainwash Balloon Girl, 2023 Silkscreen and mixed media on canvas panel with splashed frame 41.25" x 36" $54,000

Mr. Brainwash Smile, 2024 Silkscreen and mixed media on canvas panel with splashed frame 64.25" x 64.25" $92,000

Mr. Brainwash Work Well Together, 2025 Silkscreen and mixed media on canvas panel with splashed frame 20.5" x 16.5" $23,000

Mr. Brainwash With All My Love, 2024 Silkscreen and mixed media on canvas panel with splashed frame 20.5" x 16.5" $23,000

Mr. Brainwash Pop Wall, 2023 Silkscreen and mixed media on canvas panel with splashed frame 27" x 36" $45,000

Mr. Brainwash Keep It Unreal, 2024 Silkscreen and mixed media on canvas panel with splashed frame 33.75" x 29.75" $38,000

Mr. Brainwash Love Is The Answer, 2022 Neon lightbulb, stencil, and mixed media on canvas panel with splashed frame 25.5" x 29" $71,500

Mr. Brainwash Work Well Together, 2022 Neon lightbulb, silkscreen, and mixed media on wood in plexiglass box 48" x 36" $71,500

Mr. Brainwash Einstein, 2022 Oil on canvas 50" x 38" $64,000

Mr. Brainwash You Drive Me Crazy, 2024 Silkscreen and mixed media on paper 22" x 28" $10,900

Mr. Brainwash Flower And Sun, 2024 Silkscreen and mixed media on paper 30" x 22" $10,900

Mr. Brainwash Brother's Advice, 2023 Silkscreen and mixed media on paper 36" x 36" $19,600

Mr. Brainwash Express Yourself, 2024 Silkscreen and mixed media on paper 22" x 22" $9,900

Mr. Brainwash Balloon Girl, 2025 Silkscreen and mixed media on paper 30" x 22" $10,900

Mr. Brainwash Love Is In The Air, 2024 Silkscreen and mixed media on paper 20" x 16" $8,000

Mr. Brainwash Never, Never Give Up!, 2024 Silkscreen and mixed media on paper 22" x 22" $9,900

Mr. Brainwash Life is Beautiful - Red, 2020 Enamel steel sculpture 44" x 70" x 12" $75,000

Mr. Brainwash Life Is Beautiful - Hard Candy Green (4/8), 2020 Chrome-painted cast resin sculpture 11" x 17" x 3.12" $14,000

Mr. Brainwash Life Is Beautiful - Hard Candy Orange (4/8), 2020 Chrome-painted cast resin sculpture 11" x 17" x 3.12" $14,000

Mr. Brainwash Love Is The Answer, 2024 Acrylic on cast resin sculpture 6.5" x 10.25" x 1.5" $5,000

Mr. Brainwash Art Is Not A Crime, 2023 Stencil and mixed media on resin sculpture 11.5" x 14.75" x 3" $11,000

SABER American, b. 1976

Saber, also known as Ryan Weston Shook, is an American graffiti artist and painter working in Los Angeles. The Washington Post described him as one of "the best and most respected artists" in his field. Saber graduated from Thousand Oaks High School and attended the San Francisco Art Institute. Rising to international fame at the age 21, Saber created the world's largest graffiti piece on the bank of the LA river, which was visible and documented by satellites in space. Over years of dedicated and often dangerous painting, he helped bring public awareness to the true art form of graffiti. Saber's work has influenced a generation of artists and graphic designers and has become an influential part of modern entertainment, social media, and art for social reform. He continues to make his vibrant, mesmerizing, and often political paintings that can be found in galleries and private collections across the word.

SABER Light Whips Through Shadows, 2019 Mixed media on canvas 48" x 72" $20,500

SABER Language, 2022 Mixed media on canvas 48" x 60" $25,500

SABER Magenta, 2022 Mixed media on canvas 48" x 60" $20,500

SABER Violet, 2022 Mixed media on canvas 36" x 60" $13,000

SABER Unburied Names #3, 2013 Mixed media on panel 48" x 48" $7,500

SABER Untitled Flag, 2025 Mixed media on canvas 36" x 60" $18,000

SABER Purple & Silver, 2023 Mixed media on canvas 59.75" x 84" $26,500

SABER Violence, 2014 Mixed media on canvas 48" x 60" $18,500

KENNY SCHARF American, b. 1958

Muralist, painter, sculptor, and installation artist Kenny Scharf is best known for his fantastical, large-scale paintings of anthropomorphic animals and imagined creatures. Though Scharf’s brightly colored imagery is generally playful, he has remarked that darker themes exist beneath the surface of his works, visible upon closer inspection. Scharf moved to New York to receive his BFA, where he became a part of the 1980s East Village Art movement alongside Keith Haring. The artist says he has been influenced by all 20th-century art movements, including Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, the latter reflected in his appropriation of cartoon characters from television shows like the Flintstones and Jetsons and his humorous depiction of snack food. Scharf’s oftentimes dense and frenetic compositions also echo a Baroque sensibility.

Kenny Scharf Furungle Blue (23/25), 2021 Archival pigment ink print with silkscreened high gloss varnish and diamond dust on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 42" x 42" $8,950

Kenny Scharf Furungle Red (23/25), 2021 Archival pigment ink print with silkscreened high gloss varnish and diamond dust on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 42" x 42" $8,950

Kenny Scharf Furungle Orange (12/25), 2021 Archival pigment ink print with silkscreened high gloss varnish and diamond dust on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 42" x 42" $8,950

Kenny Scharf Furungle Green (12/25), 2021 Archival pigment ink print with silkscreened high gloss varnish and diamond dust on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 42" x 42" $8,950

Kenny Scharf Furungle Gold (23/25), 2021 Archival pigment ink print with silkscreened high gloss varnish and diamond dust on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 42" x 42" $8,950

Kenny Scharf Furungle Black (23/25), 2021 Archival pigment ink print with silkscreened high gloss varnish and diamond dust on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 42" x 42" $8,950

Kenny Scharf In search of a new tomorrow-From Columbus (AP/100), 1992 Screenprint on Fabriano 300g paper 30" x 22.75" $5,150

Kenny Scharf Kenny Scharf Signed Tony Shafrazi 2nd Show Poster (/50), 1985 Offset lithograph on gloss poster stock 29" x 23" $1,950

CLEON PETERSON American, b. 1973

With an aesthetic rooted in graphic design and a style reminiscent of Greco-Roman vases, Cleon Peterson’s work depicts a world in which deviance is the norm. His dystopian scenes evoke Thomas Hobbes’ description of life as a war between individuals and symbolize a struggle between power and submission in the fluctuating architecture of contemporary society. Peterson received his MFA from The Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit, MI and BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. He now lives and works in Los Angeles. His allegorical works contrast good with evil, and violence with victim in the tradition of Caravaggio, Goya, and Delacroix. In 2018 Peterson’s work was featured in a solo exhibition, entitled Cleon Peterson: Shadow of Men, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver. His work resides in numerous notable private collections worldwide.

Cleon Peterson Burnout - Black (51/100), 2021 Black and yellow screen print 16" x 16" $850

Cleon Peterson Canceled - Black (43/100), 2021 Hand-pulled black and yellow screen print on 290gsm Arches Rag paper with deckled edges 16" x 16" $850

Cleon Peterson Untitled (Soldier), 2015 Diptych, acrylic on panel 96" x 48" $45,000

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West Chelsea Contemporary’s collection includes artists influential to Pop Art, Street Art, Graffiti, Post-Graffiti and contemporary art as well as tastemakers of these movements. With a local, national, and international roster of represented artists, West Chelsea Contemporary situates artwork from the primary market alongside a highly curated selection of pieces from the secondary market. This novel display of represented, emerging and mid-career artists alongside Blue Chip masters increases each artist’s exposure and serves to make connections between their work.

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