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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
Category Archives: Art review
Masculin / Masculin: The Nude Man in Art from 1800 to the Present Day at Musée D’Orsay, Paris
I went to Paris in late September and had a marvelous time seeing many interesting shows in galleries and museums as well as hanging out with friends and enjoying wonderful food. This is the first of some blog posts dedicated … Continue reading
Fall Art Season Begins: Socrates Sculpture Park and Lower East Side
The art season began in earnest last Sunday with an opening at the Socrates Sculpture Park’s annual Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition and a block party on Orchard Street and many coordinated openings at many of the Lower East Side (LES) … Continue reading
Summer Gallery Round Up 2013: Lower East Side & Chelsea
Finally! The nice summer weather is here: sunny, warm and not so humid. It is time to get out and catch all the good shows that will be closing next week or so. For this post, I combined galleries in … 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
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
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
April Gallery Roundup in Lower East Side
There were some interesting shows in Lower East Side galleries this months, and as usual the work somehow seems to relate to one another in the art world’s continuing obsession with minimalism. Here are some of the noteworthy exhibitions that … Continue reading
Matisse : À la recherche de la vraie peinture
As I occasionally do, I have translated yesterday’s blog post on Matisse exhibition in French for my ongoing study of the language. I want to thank Thomas for looking over grammatical mistakes. Pour les nombreux amateurs d’art, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) … Continue reading
Matisse: In Search of True Painting
For many art lovers, Henri Matisse (1869–1954) embodies the ease and the elegance of the practice of painting; the beauty of a women’s face depicted with a few strokes of pencil lines; graphic, colorful interiors exuding joie de vivre. The … Continue reading
