Faile (act.1999) - Untitled

\Artist: Faile (act. 1999)
Technique: Acrylic on board\Signature: Hand signed
FAILE (b. 1975) Untitled, 2005 Original. 1/1. Acrylic and spray paint on wood. 32 x 14 inches (81. 3 x 35. 6 cm) Signed and dated in pencil to reverse. Large original gallery piece from Faile executed in Los Angeles in 2005. Provenance of Heritage Beverly Hills in Los Angeles California. FAILE (Pronounced "fail") is a Brooklyn-based artistic collaboration between Patrick Mc. Neil (born 1975) and Patrick Miller (born 1976) . Since its inception in 1999, FAILE has been known for a wide-ranging multimedia practice recognizable for its explorations of duality through a fragmented style of appropriation and collage. While painting and printmaking remain central to their approach, over the past decade FAILE has adapted its signature mass culture-driven iconography to an array of materials and techniques, from wooden boxes and window pallets to more traditional canvas, prints, sculptures, stencils, installation, and prayer wheels. FAILE's work is constructed from found visual imagery, and blurs the line between "high" and "low" culture, but recent exhibitions demonstrate an emphasis on audience participation, a critique of consumerism, and the incorporation of religious media, architecture, and site-specific/archival research into their work.