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
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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
Savage Beauty of Alexander McQueen (La beauté sauvage d’Alexander McQueen)
I went to see Alexander McQueen’s very popular posthumous exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art called Savage Beauty. The wait to get in the exhibition is always at least 30 minutes, and once you are in the exhibition hall … Continue reading
Chelsea Galleries in June, 2011
Another monthly gallery stroll through some Chelsea galleries last week. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of interesting shows, and especially some good painting shows. First, practically everyone has been raving about Mark Grotjahn‘s exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery, … Continue reading
Uptown Galleries-Eric Fischl, Arshile Gorky, Francis Bacon & Chaim Soutine
Eric Fischl’s early 1980s paintings are shown at Skarstedt Gallery (20 E. 79th Street), and I was somewhat surprised to find myself very moved by these psychologically affecting paintings. Eric Fischl still works in figurative and psychologically and sexually complex paintings, … Continue reading
Bye Bye Kitty: Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art
The contemporary Japanese art exhibition Bye Bye Kitty at Japan Society is a must-see for anyone who loves labor-intensive detail oriented work. I particularly enjoyed Hisashi Tenmyouya’s Defeat at a Single Blow, Robust and Magnificient Feature, (Galland and Brave Behavior, 2008, … Continue reading
Chelsea Gallery Crawl
I visited some of the Chelsea galleries last weekend of April with my friend Brett, who was visiting from San Francisco. As usual there were mostly disappointments, but also a few interesting exhibitions. I thought Kenneth Noland‘s show at Mitchell-Innes … Continue reading
La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera
Introducing Vittorio Grigolo, Video by New York Times Vittorio Grigolo, une étoile montante dans le monde de l’opéra a fait ses débuts au Met comme Rodolfo dans la production populaire de Franco Zeffirelli de La Bohème. Considéré comme beau, énergetique, … Continue reading
Gallery Crawl: Chelsea, 24th & 25th Street
The galleries in Chelsea seem to have better than usual crop of exhibitions this month. Here are some of the works that are on display. My first stop today was actually Greene Naftali on 26th Street: Bjarne Melgaard‘s messy and … Continue reading
Gallery Crawl; Chelsea, 26th Street
Some interesting shows currently up in Chelsea. Here are some that I visited yesterday. Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Forclosure at James Cohan Gallery. Her level of craftsmanship went up a notch compared to the last show. Was not sure whether she … Continue reading
Kira Greene at A.I.R. Gallery in the Korea Daily
My solo exhibition was featured on the culture page in the Korea Daily today. Translation: New York Painter Kira Greene’s Solo Exhibition Painter Nam Kira (American name Kira Greene) is having a solo exhibition “Feastiality”(photo of the work on the … Continue reading
