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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Food Nostalgia Opening on February 5, 2016
Food Nostalgia February 5 – March 13, 2016 Artists: Cey Adams, Emilie Baltz, Disorientalism (Katherine Behar and Marianne M. Kim), Gonzalo Fuenmajor, Kira Nam Greene, Jonathan Stein Curator: Amanda McDonald Crowley For the full press release, click here. Radiator Gallery … Continue reading
New Year’s Exhibitions
Happy New Year! I wish that the new year will bring you peace, happiness, health and prosperity. As the New Year begins, I am going to have a busy few months with exhibitions and lectures. I hope that you will … Continue reading
Cross Currents: Group Exhibition in San Francisco
I will be showing a large scale drawing, Cherry Blossoms Come Crashing In in Crosscurrents, a group exhibition featuring the works of Asian and Asian-American artists at Togonon Gallery in San Francisco. Crosscurrents June 16th – July 16th Opening: June 16th, 5:00 … Continue reading