Daniel Yocum: Porsche Party

  • Casterline|Goodman Gallery is pleased to present Porsche Party, an exhibition of new works by Daniel Yocum. Known for his bold visual language and sharp cultural references, Yocum blends precision and play, speed and spectacle, transforming the iconography of luxury and performance into a vivid, contemporary dialogue.

     

    In Porsche Party, sleek forms collide with exuberant color and rhythmic composition, evoking both the engineered perfection of the automobile and the social theater that surrounds it. Yocum’s work moves effortlessly between control and excess, inviting viewers into a world where design, desire, and celebration overlap. On view February 5, 2025 – March 5, 2026

     

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  • Heavily influenced by the New York School, American artist Daniel Yocum (b. 1994) has developed a dynamic visual practice shaped...
    Heavily influenced by the New York School, American artist Daniel Yocum (b. 1994) has developed a dynamic visual practice shaped by nearly two decades of working across multiple mediums. Born in Kentucky and now based in Nashville, Tennessee, Yocum is a self-taught painter whose work bridges regional perspective with the bold legacy of postwar American abstraction.

    Drawing inspiration from Philip Guston, Cy Twombly, Robert Crumb, and Andy Warhol, Yocum blurs the boundaries between high and low culture, figuration and abstraction. He takes what he describes as a hip-hop approach to painting—sampling and remixing recurring imagery such as cars and flowers into layered, expressive compositions.

    Automobiles in his work evoke speed, ambition, and American mythology, while flowers introduce moments of beauty and vulnerability. Bursts of vivid color collide with heavy black marks, creating paintings that feel both impulsive and intentional—visual mixtapes that translate the spirit of Abstract Expressionism into a distinctly contemporary voice.