Aurel Schmidt's Dirty Pretty Things

Whitney Biennial sensation Aurel Schmidt is a 27-year-old self-taught artist who finds beauty in old beer cans, cigarette butts, condoms, and other trashy objects.

Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-7_y7z4fi — pencil, colored pencil, acrylic on paper
15" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-2_crvg8z — pencil, colored pencil, acrylic on paper
15" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-4_vvzyuc — pencil, colored pencil on paper
15" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-1_rkke21 — pencil, colored pencil on paper
15" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-5_j4tequ — pencil, colored pencil, glue, baking powder on paper
18" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-8_n0sp0j — pencil, colored pencil on paper
15" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-11_nfh9ie — pencil, colored pencil, acrylic, beer on paper
18" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-9_jhgmta — pencil, colored pencil, acrylic on paper
15" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-13_qkgezr — pencil, colored pencil on paper
15" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-18_y9fw9w — pencil, colored pencil, blood on paper
15" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-15_l6h3rb — pencil, colored pencil, wine on paper
18" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-17_sf099n — pencil, colored pencil, acrylic, beer on paper
18" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-20_dfc9wm — pencil, colored pencil, acrylic, blood dirt on paper
31" x 25.5", 2009
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-14_dtiysv — pencil, colored pencil, acrylic on paper
18" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-10_pk1f2x — pencil, color pencil, acrylic on paper
15" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-12_bmvptr — pencil, acrylic on paper
15 "x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-3_tof2pn — pencil, color pencil, acrylic on paper
15" x 15"
Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-19_zyuwip — Aurel Schmidt

galleries/2010/02/24/aurel-schmidt-s-dirty-pretty-things/aurel-schmidt-6_hvhuwu — colored pencil, pencil, acrylic, beer, coffee, blood, dirt on paper
25.5" x 20"
Aurel Schmidt

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