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An iconic personality on the Californian art scene, and even more so on the international scene, JIM SHAW explores the ins and outs of a certain conformist and standardised American society. Since the 70s, he has been striving to produce works whose aesthetic language is one of a kind, one that finds inspiration in American vernacular culture, where everyday elements rub shoulders with mainstream, kitsch and vulgar ones, whilst simultaneously and without prejudice combining the latter with religious and academic elements. JIM SHAW draws his authority from beyond any of art history’s …