Kira Nam Greene

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Taylor Absher SmarterBodies Knitty
Matt Borruso Kim Lien Kendall Vogue Knitting
Ben Bunch The Breathing Project Purl
Margarida Correia Kula Yoga Project Loyalty & Blood
Morgan Croney Design Public
Tina DeRamus FOOD Droog
Kate Gilmore Ideas in Food Apartment Therapy
Jeff Hoppa Epicurious ReadyMade
Sarita Hunn Leite’s Culinaria Artcards
Kyung Jeon Saveur Thomas Deneuville
Saskia Jorda Mark Bittman I Care If You Listen
Kurt Lightner Paula Wolfert Met Opera
Todd Lowery Bang on a Can
Suzanne McClelland FRENCH
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Uudamn Ngueyn Lexilogos Curbed
Dane Patterson Word Reference Leah Anderst
Anne Peabody FIAF Film Society
Viviane Rombaldi-Seppey TV5 Monde
Chris Spinelli Liberation
Ryan Thayer France 2 News
John von Bergen Radio France
Nicolas Touron Le réseau Modiano
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    Kira Nam GreeneKira 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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    I was so happy to see Hung Liu’s posthumous retr I was so happy to see Hung Liu’s posthumous retrospect @smithsoniannpg in Washington DC last month. Respect her vision, craft and conviction. Go and see this exhibition if you’re in DC. Also it’s right next to #outwin2022 so you should also check out my painting there too. 😂
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#hungliu #outwin2022 #kiranamgreene #smithsonianNPG #respect #artlineage #figurativeart #portraitpainting #contemporaryart #washingtondc
    #BIPOC / #AAPI Support and represent. Repost @zur #BIPOC / #AAPI Support and represent. 
Repost @zurikenya 
We have the most incredible community! 🌟 Artist @kiranamgreene created this stunning portrait of @kyungjeon (wearing our Hypnosis dress!!) and it’s now on display at the @smithsoniannpg! If you’re in DC, go check it out! 🎨💓🥰 #justonedress #heyzuri #kiranamgreene #koreanamericanartist #portraitpainting #outwin2022 #smithsoniannpg
    Meanwhile in the studio, the work goes on. 😅 . Meanwhile in the studio, the work goes on. 😅
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    Love you @kyungjeon ❤️❤️❤️😘Reposted Love you @kyungjeon ❤️❤️❤️😘Reposted • @kyungjeon I am humbled and honored to be the subject of my dear friend Kira Nam Greene's #Outwin2022 portrait. Our friendship dates back to our days as graduate students at @SVA and our journey as artists continue to this day. As a Korean-American, I am filled with pride for my family and #AAPI community because in these times, I strongly feel that my portrait is a symbol of Asian excellence and love. We are part of the American narrative and experience and having my portrait painted by a #KoreanAmerican artist in the @SmithsonianNPG affirms and validates this. Let's all #SpreadAsianLove.
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    Posted @withregram • @smithsoniannpg The Outwin Posted @withregram • @smithsoniannpg The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today presents 42 portraits from artists working across the United States and Puerto Rico. 

The artists responded with works that engage contemporary society, many providing new insights into the unprecedented reality we have experienced in the time surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and illuminate the genre's power to make visible a multitude of life experiences. #Outwin2022

The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today
On view now through February 26, 2023

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    Last night @smithsoniannpg opening reception for # Last night @smithsoniannpg opening reception for #outwin2022  It was a privilege to represent the Korean-American community with the portrait of @kyungjeon in the National Portrait Gallery. 🥰🥲 Thank you for being there, family!
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    Last night @sayawoolfalkstudio beautiful installat Last night @sayawoolfalkstudio beautiful installation opening @bam_brooklyn curated by @larryosseimensah ❤️ On view 4/5 - 6/11. Go see it. 
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    Went back to @whitneymuseum to see #whitneybiennia Went back to @whitneymuseum to see #whitneybiennial more closely. Overall impression is very tightly curated and well designed. I really enjoyed the exhibition. But I have to say this Charles Ray sculpture blew me away with the beauty, poignancy and grandeur. And I don’t even understand how he achieved it. #artmagic #charlesray #nycart #contemporaryart #alexdacorte #mattconnors #ellengallagher
    Some pics from @whitneymuseum Biennial opening. It Some pics from @whitneymuseum Biennial opening. It looked pretty 👍🏼 And congratulations to @janeinpeepland !🎉 #whitneybiennial #artopening #contemporaryart #nycart
    If you’re in the area! Reposted @rmibel Palm If you’re in the area! 

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Palm Beach Art Fair, Saturday, March 26 #palmbeach #contemporaryart #palmbeachartfair #palmbeachmodernandcontemporary #kiranamgreene @contemporaryartmatters #portraitpainting @artmiamifairs
    Mostly finished with this portrait of 👸🏽 @sa Mostly finished with this portrait of 👸🏽 @sayawoolfalkstudio. Might add more in the background after sitting with the painting for a while. Thank you Saya for sitting for me and being an amazing friend and inspiration. 😘❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼
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    Many equanimous faces of Holbein @themorganlibrary Many equanimous faces of Holbein @themorganlibrary. The balance between the visceral details and suave modulation of flesh. 😇😇😇
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