Purple Art
[10/19/2021]
“Memorial,” an exhibition by John Currin at Gagosian, New York
Sophisticated in technique and perverse in subject matter, Currin’s portraits conflate high and low culture. In a teasing blend of satire and homage, they combine the beautiful and the grotesque, the sacred and the profane. Currin brings dynamic, historicized figures into contact with a distinctly modern view of sexuality and the human body. He further […]
Photos by Paige Silveria
