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Article: John Currin at Gagosian Gallery.(NEW YORK)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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Is John Currin our John Singer Sargent? Like that earlier master, Currin displays a remarkable virtuosity in technique and an unflagging ability to produce imagery that generates comment and publicity (of necessity, that imagery is more explicit in our salacious times, when it takes more than a flash of Madame X's shoulder to excite controversy). But as with Sargent, large assemblies of Currin's work create a sense of disappointment--alongside the flashy set pieces are more modest offerings that suggest what might have been if the artist were less self-conscious about pleasing and provoking his audience. In Sargent's case, small landscapes and interiors suggested the ...
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Article: GO FIGURE JOHN CURRIN PROVOKES ART WORLD BY ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);
July 17, 2003 ;
700+ words
... ... It's the dilemma that faced John Currin, who woke up the art world in the ... painter. I just love painting.'' Currin turned to look at the entry to Paepcke ... Baltimore * What: Works on paper by John Currin, with new projection piece by Isaac ...
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