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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.

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Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil, acrylic on paper
15" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil, acrylic on paper
15" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil on paper
15" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil on paper
15" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil, glue, baking powder on paper
18" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil on paper
15" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil, acrylic, beer on paper
18" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil, acrylic on paper
15" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil on paper
15" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil, blood on paper
15" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil, wine on paper
18" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil, acrylic, beer on paper
18" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, colored pencil, acrylic, blood dirt on paper
31" x 25.5", 2009

Aurel Schmidt
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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
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pencil, acrylic on paper
15 "x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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pencil, color pencil, acrylic on paper
15" x 15"

Aurel Schmidt
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Aurel Schmidt
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colored pencil, pencil, acrylic, beer, coffee, blood, dirt on paper
25.5" x 20"

Aurel Schmidt

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