Adrien Brody is extra than simply an Oscar-winning actor — he’s additionally a painter.
The Brutalist star is at the moment showcasing his newest assortment of mixed-media work titled “Made in America” at Eden Gallery in New York Metropolis, from now till June 28. The items characteristic a slew of popular culture references, together with Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Marilyn Monroe and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Rats and mice are additionally outstanding within the actor’s art work — an ode to Brody’s time in New York Metropolis.
“I grew up in New York, the place rats and mice have been in all places, and it’s symbolic to me for a lot of causes,” The Brutalist star instructed Cultured magazine. “I at all times felt for the rats and the mice that I might see within the subways on the way in which to high school — how all people can be disgusted.
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The actor’s assortment is receiving combined opinions, with some critics slamming his work as “mediocre” and “horrendous” whereas The New York Times described Brody as an “impassioned painter.”
Adrien Brody attends the amfAR gala Cannes 2025 offered by Chopard at Resort du Cap-Eden-Roc on Could 22, 2025 in Cap d’Antibes, France. Lionel Hahn/Getty Pictures)
“With its fake naïve aesthetic and its mediocre manufacturing worth, Brody’s works beg the query: Why are we nonetheless speaking about them?” one critic wrote in artnet. “The straightforward reply is that it tends to be thought of newsworthy when a celeb reveals their artwork. (See additionally: Hunter Biden, George W. Bush, Jim Carrey, Lucy Liu, and co.) Nevertheless it additionally appears no coincidence that mentioned artwork typically tends to be fairly subpar. Fame tends to afford a sure aura to the individuals who obtain it, and followers will at all times comply with.”
A portray of Brody’s that includes a cut-out picture of Marilyn Monroe in opposition to a collaged background just lately bought on the amfAR Cannes Gala for a whopping $425,000. Man Klimovsky, Eden Gallery’s chief govt, instructed the Instances that Brody is “actual” and “himself.”
“Sure, folks will come as a result of it’s him, however they are going to neglect,” he continued of the actor’s artwork quick. “As a result of once I see an art work, with out understanding who made it, the artworks are wealthy. They’re attention-grabbing. They’ve a narrative connection to the U.S., the story of the U.S., to the icon of the U.S.”
Nonetheless, artwork critic Annie Armstrong wrote that she has spent “sufficient mind cells attempting to dissect” the actor’s work.
“The one noticeable distinction between Brody’s efforts and people of any garden-variety red-chip artist is how typically he peppers in his personal visage,” Armstrong continued in her “Wet Paint” column.
On the identical time, Armstrong praised Brody for making what she known as “an attention-grabbing transfer.”
“A lot red-chip artwork depends on movie star iconography, so it’s intriguing to see a papier-mâché cut-out of Brody himself plastered to a canvas with an outsized Basquiat crown painted over his head,” she continued. “He understands the canon.”
Recent off his 2025 Oscars win for his work in The Brutalist, Brody instructed The New York Instances that he’s throwing himself again into his art work as a result of he’s sans any film or TV work.
“I’m an unemployed actor in the meanwhile,” he instructed the publication in a assessment revealed on Wednesday, June 4. “I do know that if I don’t do it now, I received’t do it for an additional lengthy time frame. It’s type of this time to let it go.”