Smooth Criminal: The Mad Deep Lit Report

Peter Saul’s “The Government of California” 1969. Oil on canvas, 68 × 96 in (172.7 × 243.8 cm) Collection KAWS at The New Museum, New York Smooth Criminal: The Mad Deep Lit Report “I’m smooth, but not a criminal” – Michael Jackson Prior to New York City museums and galleries temporarily closing down, this writer was […]

DANGER: Curves Ahead: The Mad Deep Lit Report

Danger: Curves Ahead: The Mad Deep lit report “Reading” (1986) 36.5 x 42.5 in. Archival pigment print / Edition of 15 Avant Gallery presents: “Guy Le Baube: Behind the Scenes” Extended through September 15th, 2019 https://avantgallery.com/ Possessing more S-curves than the Stelvio pass, the nudes inhabiting the world of French photographer Guy le Baube are […]

Decadent, Debauch and Devil-May-Care? The Mad Deep Lit Report

George Grosz’ “The Eclipse of the Sun”, (1926) Oil on canvas 81 ⅝ x 71 ⅞ in. The Heckscher Museum of Art, NY The Neue Galerie presents: “Eclipse of the Sun: Art of the Weimar Republic” https://neuegalerie.org/eclipse-sun-art-weimar-republic “The war was a mirror; it reflected man’s every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, […]

Surreal, Serene and Sauvage: The Mad Deep Lit Report

Remedios Varo’s “Exploracion de las Fuentes del Rio Orinoco” (Exploration of the Sources of the Orinoco River)” (1959) Oil on canvas 44.5 x 40 cm on view at Di Donna Gallery’s “Surrealism in Mexico” . From Do Ho Suh’s ethereal “Cause and Effect” (2007) to Alicja Kwade‘s “MatterMotion” (2019) to Joan Mitchell’s “La Seine” (1967), […]

Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?

Top panel: Charles White”Five Great American Negroes” (1939) Oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY./ Leonor Fini’s “La Peinture et l”Architecture (1938-39) Oil on panel/ Lower left​: Robert Gober *Untitled” (2000-2001) Willow, wood, beeswax, human hair, silver plated cast brass and pigment/ C​ enter:​ Charles White “Headlines” (1944) Ink, gouache, and newspaper on board ​Lower Right:​ Louise Bourgeois “Nature Study” (1984) Bronze, silver nitrate patina and steel. All from David Zwirner’s “Endless Enigma: Eight Centuries of Fantastic Art”, New York, NY.

Top panel: Charles White ”Five Great American Negroes” (1939) Oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY./ Leonor Fini’s “La Peinture et l”Architecture (1938-39) Oil on panel/ Lower left​: Robert Gober *Untitled” (2000-2001) Willow, wood, beeswax, human hair, silver plated cast brass and pigment/ C​enter:​ Charles White “Headlines” (1944) Ink, gouache, and […]

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