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 titled “Tribal Council.” 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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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. Â I was pleasantly surprised by the number of interesting shows, and especially some good painting shows. Â First, practically everyone has been raving about Mark Grotjahn‘s exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery, … 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