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Sensitive to Art & its Discontents

Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

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Brenda Goodman, Scars and All

by John Yau February 21, 2023February 21, 2023

The paradoxical combination of freedom and entrapment animates Goodman’s composition in her latest body of work.

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Brenda Goodman’s Fearless Self-Portraits

by John Yau February 9, 2022February 10, 2022

While I have seen Goodman’s self-portraits numerous times, the unlikely combination of raw pathos and tenderness always stops me in my tracks.

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A Young Master of Painted Flesh

by John Yau April 28, 2019April 26, 2019

As invested as Louis Fratino is in his gay subject matter, what heightens the work is his formal mastery of the figure in space.

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Brenda Goodman Moves into New Territory

by John Yau February 10, 2019February 12, 2019

Between 1994 and 2011, Goodman painted a series of self-portraits that constitute one of the most powerful and disturbing achievements of portraiture in modern art.

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Disturbing Portraits of Girls Who Murdered Their Mothers Resist Moral Takeaways

by Ksenia M. Soboleva September 26, 2018

Marlene McCarty’s Murder Girls series does not give us the satisfaction of a neatly wrapped moral or a happy ending, nor does the artist attempt to rationalize the girls’ actions or to vilify them.

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Deana Lawson’s Iconoclastic Portraits

by John Yau March 18, 2018March 16, 2018

Lawson confronts viewers with multifaceted visions of black identity, as embodied by strangers and neighbors alike, with whom she has established an intense rapport.

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Strong Solo Booths, Leo Lookalikes, and Plenty of Trends at Frieze New York

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton May 5, 2017June 21, 2017

From an increasingly diversified roster of galleries to a surprising slew of rock art, the mega-fair is impressively eclectic this year.

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Three Photographers and What They Show Us About Everyday Life: Deana Lawson, Judy Linn, Paul Mpagi Sepuya

by John Yau February 12, 2017February 10, 2017

Other than their use of a camera, these photographers appear to have little in common, which I think is a good thing.

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Best of 2016: Our Top 20 NYC Art Shows

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 27, 2016December 30, 2016

This list barely scratches the surface of the city’s artistic offerings this year, from overdue retrospectives to surprising sides of artists we know well.

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A Memorial Exhibition for Tony Feher, Who Found Art in the Unexpected

by Taylor Dafoe December 15, 2016December 16, 2016

Five artist friends have curated a memorial exhibition of works by Tony Feher, who died in June at age 60, highlighting two unfinished bodies of work he was developing at the time of his death.

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Paintings We Need

by John Yau November 6, 2016November 4, 2016

In an era that celebrates celebrity, vulgar loudmouths, puerile provocateurs, selfie-addicts, and excessive materialists, Merlin James prefers subtlety over din, less rather than more.

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What Does It Mean to Be a Grown-Up Painter?

by John Yau February 22, 2015February 24, 2015

Isn’t it time we begin putting things in perspective?

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