About
Kira Nam Greene’s work explores female sexuality, desire and control through figure and food still-life paintings, surrounded by complex patterns. Imbuing the feminist legacies of Pattern and Decoration Movement with transnational, multicultural motifs, Greene creates colorful paintings that are unique combinations of realism and abstraction, employing diverse media such as oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor and colored pencil. Combining Pop Art tropes and transnationalism, she also examines the politics of food through the depiction of brand name food products, or junk food. Recently, Greene started a figurative painting series spurred by the 2016 Presidential Election, Women’s March, #metoo movement and ensuing crisis of conscience, this new body of work aspires to present the power of collective action by women.Instagram Feed
Yearly Archives: 2013
Asparagus Vichyssoise
The dog days of summer is here! New York experienced a week of brutal heat wave in July when everyone just loses any appetite or will to even turn on the stove. I always turn to cold soups at times … Continue reading
Pleasant View Art Fest 2013: Outback
I participated in an outdoor art festival hosted by artists Thordis Adalsteinsdottir and David Herbert on their farm near Sharon Springs, NY over the last weekend. We left the city on Friday afternoon and the evening started with some music … Continue reading
Paul McCarthy: WS, 2013 at Park Avenue Armory
On Sunday, I went to see Paul McCarthy’s massive installation at the Park Avenue Armory. McCarthy has had a long career as a performance and installation artist, with his renown more prominent in California. This spring, however, McCarthy is having his … Continue reading
Bronx Calling: 2nd AIM Biennial
June 20 – September 8, 2013 Curators: Gabriel de Guzman, Elizabeth M. Grady & Lia Zaaloff I participated in the Bronx Calling: First AIM Biennial 2 years ago, and enjoyed the experience tremendously. As they say, time flies, and already … Continue reading
Group Exhibition in Lower East Side
I am participating in an interesting group exhibition in Lower East Side of New York City this summer. Please come by when you are in the area. For Which It Stands Opening Reception: Friday, June 28, 6-9pm Open from June … Continue reading
May 2013 Gallery Roundup in Chelsea
Last Thursday, I took the advantage of the brilliant sunshine to walk around Chelsea galleries to see some shows. Unfortunately many galleries were closed for installation in preparation for their big shows for the upcoming Frieze week, and I will … Continue reading
Blue Plate Special Installation Photos
Kira Nam Greene: Blue Plate Special Accola Griefen Gallery April 11 – May 18, 2013 547 W. 27th Street, #634 | Open Tues – Sat 11am – 6pm | 646 532 3488 I have some installation photos from my solo … Continue reading
Flourless Almond Cake
Recently I became gluten sensitive and decided to refrain from any food containing substantial amount of flour, which eliminated a lot of my favorite things to eat: ramen, dumplings, crusty country breads, croissants, fruit tarts, chocolate cakes or pretty much … Continue reading
Many Oddities at Culinary Arts Museum in Providence, RI
I took a little R&R after the installation and the opening of my show at Accola Griefen Gallery to parts of New England that I have never been to. I visited Gilded Age mansions in Newport imagining Edith Wharton‘s … Continue reading
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt at MoMA PS1
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: Tender Love Among the Junk One of my old professors from SVA, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt had a retrospective at MoMA PS1. Tommy, as everyone from school always calls him, makes luminous, devotional art out of trash: cling wraps, foil, … Continue reading
