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‘Gloopy Glory’

Posted on May 5, 2021 by JMN

The paintings of 90-year-old Frank Auerbach, “last surviving member of a pathfinding generation of postwar British figurative painters,” are up my alley. Auerbach’s iterative pigment attacks are savage and astonishing, and Jason Farago is always good for a blue-streak of … Continue reading →

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Slackoff from Windbaggage

Posted on October 17, 2020 by JMN

Art Spiegelman’s comment below, encountered on the fly as if on zoom wings, has helped me realize that this latest painting is just wrong: grotesque in subject, torpid in execution, and the end of a line. Fury and disgust can … Continue reading →

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“The Pencil Is a Key”

Posted on February 18, 2020 by JMN

This is an article about drawings made by persons who were in prison. They were featured in an exhibition at the Drawing Center that ran through January 5, 2020. Author Jillian Steinhauer quotes cartoonist Lynda Barry, who sounds the familiar … Continue reading →

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Parting Looks — Tom Jones

Posted on June 18, 2019 by JMN

James Thomas “Tom” Jones (1920 — 2000) (c) 2019 JMN

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Parting Looks — Buck Schiwetz

Posted on June 17, 2019 by JMN

Edward Muegge “Buck” Schiwetz (1898 — 1984) (c) 2019 JMN

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Parting Looks — Buck Schiwetz

Posted on June 16, 2019 by JMN

Edward Muegge “Buck” Schiwetz, 1898-1984, born in Cuero, Texas (c) 2019 JMN

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