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
Tag Archives: Chelsea
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
Weathering the Post-tropical Storm Sandy
This has been an unusual week here in New York City. After much fanfare and warnings of the imminent arrival of Frankenstorm by news media, Hurricane (or post-tropical storm) Sandy arrived on Monday night on schedule as advertised. Jaded by … Continue reading
June Gallery Roundup in Chelsea
I caught the last days of some good painting exhibitions in Chelsea. Particularly interesting for me was to see three different generation women painters showing at the same time in Chelsea: Alice Neel, Nicole Eisenman & Dana Schutz. The focus … Continue reading
April Gallery Roundup in Chelsea
I went around a few streets in Chelsea last Saturday taking advantage of sunny spring weather despite some gusty chilly winds. There were many more painting exhibitions this time around than sculpture or installations. I included all the photos of … Continue reading
February Gallery Roundup
It’s time to come out of the winter hibernation (even though it has not been bad this winter), and see some art! 🙂 Here is my roundup of some of the interesting exhibitions going on in Chelsea and Lower Eastside. … 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
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
