Article: John Currin: Museum of Contemporary Art. (Chicago).(Brief Article)

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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