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.
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Le mythe de la société sans classe (The myth of classless society)
Les Etats-Unis n’ont pas un système de classe. C’est une chose européenne, non? Mon dernier voyage à Los Angeles m’a fait penser à l’idée (en vogue récemment au sein de la droite et de la gauche) de la guerre des … Continue reading
Mural Installation at Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles
My gallery, Accola Griefen participated in the first Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, and I did a large mural installation outside the booth. I combined a pair of custom wallpaper printed with archival ink, one of my oil paintings and some … Continue reading
Maurizio Cattelan: All
The title (All) of the retrospective of Maurizio Cattelan at Guggenheim succinctly sums up the intent and the content of this Italian jester artist’s allegedly last art show (Cattelan announced with his usual bravado that he will no longer make … Continue reading
New Group Exhibition in Greenwich
Still Life: Breaking New Ground I am participating in a group exhibition in Flinn Gallery, which is housed in Greenwich Public Library in Greenwich, CT. The opening is Thursday, October 27, 6pm-8pm. I am also giving an Artist Talk on … Continue reading
Paris Gallery Crawl-III
This is going to be my last post about the gallery exhibitions in Paris in September, 2011. The most exciting show for me was Jim Shaw‘s installation and drawing show at Praz-Delavallade. The exhibition, titled THRILLING STORIES FROM THE BOOK … Continue reading
Paris Gallery Crawl-II
Here is the second part of my Paris gallery round-up for September, 2011. In this entry, I am listing some of the more interesting shows that I have seen in smaller galleries around Marais district in Paris. Most Paris galleries … Continue reading
Paris Gallery Crawl I
I have been neglecting my blog for a while, and there is a good reason for it. I went to France for 3 weeks for a long anticipated vacation. 🙂 I have eaten some amazing food and seen some interesting … Continue reading
A Foodie’s Dilemma: To Eat or Not to Eat a Bug
Eating is Political I have been thinking about what I eat in relation to not only pleasure and health but also the health of the planet. As a self-confessed foodie, restricting what you eat is an absolute anathema (“I can’t be … Continue reading
Art populism, dirty words?
Recently watching the idiotic debt ceiling debates and the appalling spectacle of the politicians talking over each other, I kept thinking about the culture of language and the idea of populism. How did the idea of Populism, the idea that … Continue reading
Regardant le Tour de France
Chaque Juillet, j’attends avec une grande impatience l’arrivée du Tour de France, la plus grande et la plus célèbre (aussi la plus difficile) course cycliste du monde. Normalement je ne suis pas une grande fan de sport (bien que je … Continue reading