i like that eisenman took the distorted/abstracted portrait to another, more personal level. the narrative created by the large diptych seeming to break down into smaller moments (are they questions?) is really nice. she's showing a lot yet parceling it out in a really suspenseful way.
I loved this show. The big painting(s) took my breath away. They are painted with such multiplicity of technique, surface and styles. Very very fun to look at and extremely well painted. Her narrative was grandious but seemed to mean something, very honest and epic. N.E. has become one of my favorite NY painters since seeing that show and researching her older work.
I really wanted to like this show more. The large painting in the main gallery has some great edgy moments and the scale is adventurous, but the overall painting is uneven in paint quality and flow. A recent example of that even quality would be Neo Rauch's last exhibit. The photos I've seen here and at Heart As Arena make me want to look again at the smaller work.
Children of the Corn is not a great movie, but it has resonance withing the largerer mythical, dare I say Jungian psychoverse.
I do.
SIr Simon Frazier, in his classic "The Golden Bough", documents pagan (non christian) rituals such as fucking in the fields in order to insure a good harvest. THis is an instance of magical thinking, specificly the law of similarity, I believe.
Why did NASA astronauts conduct Sir Issac Newton's ball and feather experiment in space? Enlightenment Empiricism at its finest - or more of a theatrical event to capture the imaginations of future American rocket bomb producers?
I saw the Omen on 06/06/06 because I need meaning in my life. The moral of the OMEN is that god wants you decapitated or alive. Beter to rain in blood than serve in heaven, I allways say. Welcome to earth.
I'm a direct descendent of Jesus Christ, by way of French Hugeonauts, prove me wrong.
Leo K is German and German Expressionism is popular - so theres definitely some resonance. Sort of like where Mary Magdalene is buried beneath IM Pei's glass pyramid. As above so below, and on and on and on.
The point being, what is the use of all this symbolism or postmodern referencing of symbolism, or in otherwords, storytelling?
Up next, the law of contagion as it applies to social formations.
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Nicole Eisenman
Progress: Real and Imagined
May 13th, 2006 through June 17th, 2006 @
Leo Koenig
545 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011
Thanks Triple Diesel.
Thank rou, Painter. Hey, nice follow-up from the Sues to Nicole Eisenman.
I loved the little ones... this was the sleeper of the show, IMO. The Maiden of the Corn. Haunting. The Mountain Man painting was also genius.
this show is terrific! go and see it.
Pure art history fun.
i like that eisenman took the distorted/abstracted portrait to another, more personal level. the narrative created by the large diptych seeming to break down into smaller moments (are they questions?) is really nice. she's showing a lot yet parceling it out in a really suspenseful way.
mmm. that painting is so tactile! i wish i could see it in person, so i could touch it. or eat it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cejVaGPnS20&search=madonna%20cross
madonna chirst.
I thought this was the only good painting of the show.
felt that big painting had so many weaknesses formally..
I loved this show. The big painting(s) took my breath away. They are painted with such multiplicity of technique, surface and styles. Very very fun to look at and extremely well painted. Her narrative was grandious but seemed to mean something, very honest and epic. N.E. has become one of my favorite NY painters since seeing that show and researching her older work.
great show nicole. congratulations on the biggest love-in ever on painterNYC, well deserved!
oh shit what a great painting.
can anyone tell me if they saw a reddot?
(i want someone to go see it immed.)
I really wanted to like this show more. The large painting in the main gallery has some great edgy moments and the scale is adventurous, but the overall painting is uneven in paint quality and flow. A recent example of that even quality would be Neo Rauch's last exhibit. The photos I've seen here and at Heart As Arena make me want to look again at the smaller work.
Children of the Corn is not a great movie, but it has resonance withing the largerer mythical, dare I say Jungian psychoverse.
I do.
SIr Simon Frazier, in his classic "The Golden Bough", documents pagan (non christian) rituals such as fucking in the fields in order to insure a good harvest. THis is an instance of magical thinking, specificly the law of similarity, I believe.
Why did NASA astronauts conduct Sir Issac Newton's ball and feather experiment in space? Enlightenment Empiricism at its finest - or more of a theatrical event to capture the imaginations of future American rocket bomb producers?
I saw the Omen on 06/06/06 because I need meaning in my life. The moral of the OMEN is that god wants you decapitated or alive.
Beter to rain in blood than serve in heaven, I allways say. Welcome to earth.
I'm a direct descendent of Jesus Christ, by way of French Hugeonauts, prove me wrong.
Leo K is German and German Expressionism is popular - so theres definitely some resonance. Sort of like where Mary Magdalene is buried beneath IM Pei's glass pyramid. As above so below, and on and on and on.
The point being, what is the use of all this symbolism or postmodern referencing of symbolism, or in otherwords, storytelling?
Up next, the law of contagion as it applies to social formations.
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