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Article: John Currin: Museum of Contemporary Art. (Chicago).(Brief Article)
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- Artforum International
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
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It's been twelve years since Village Voice critic Kim Levin urged readers to "boycott" the "awful paintings" in John Currin's first gallery show. Now, the full range of Currin's provocations--smiling divorcees, coeds, neo-Mannerist nudes, and rosy-cheeked gay couples--will go on view in a midcareer retrospective organized by MCA associate curator Staci Boris and Serpentine chief curator Rochelle Steiner. ...
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