Review a painting by a queer black woman of a colorful vulva with sausages coming out of it, with an industrial scene in the distant background
. Beuys himself has been called the greatest queer artist of his generation, and his paintings are full of gay sensuality and fantasy. But theres nothing queer about Beuys: He is a self-consciously straight artist, who rarely depicts his body or his sexuality in anything but the most seductive, most romantic way. As a result, his paintings are less appealing than gay sex or queer love, but they are not simply any less attractive. In fact, theres an almost unbearable beauty to them, a beauty so exquisitely and beautifully wrought that it is almost unbearable to look at them.Beschreibung (Curiosity), 1994, an enormous painting in which a canvas hangs like a sculpture on a pedestal, is one of the more troubling, if not least more beautiful, of Beuys recent works. Here, the artist poses in a moment of intense longing. Beneath his head is a headdress of gold, which looks like the decorative petals of a rose, and a hand, almost a head, is placed on his shoulder. The gold gives the work a tactile, nervous look, a feeling of pressure and resistance. It is this feeling of the body—the body that Beuys so loves—that animates his art. In this work, Beuys emphasizes the body of the human figure as a reminder of the need to be self-sufficient, independent, and alive. In this exhibition, Beuys emphasizes the human body in all its violence and sexuality, the human body as a reminder of the need to be destroyed.
, with a big smile on her face. Thats the world of an artist who has been in her studio for three years, with a new face and a new body. Theres a new talent in the art world, a new artist, and, in a way, we all are.You dont have to be a great painter to paint like a good painter. Painting like a good painter is not only a joy, but also a duty. When I look at these paintings, I see a lot of joy. It is the very joy of painting, of making art. If you want to paint like a good painter, then im sure you can paint like a good painter.
, in the middle of a beach and a country house, with a splash of pink and a bird on the wall. It's a simple, cute piece of abstract art, and this is where it begins. It is also an example of the artists ability to address the past with a degree of care. It is, after all, what we can read in these paintings, and what we can see, read, and think about. In the painting Untitled (Jellyfish), 1991, she is depicting a jellyfish swimming in a sea of pink paint and a tank. This jellyfish looks like a skeleton, and a skeleton is what a person looks like when he or she is in distress. Meret has painted the jellyfish in pink, and the sea of pink makes the jellyfish look alive, even life-giving. As in many of Merets paintings, the colors and colorsations are varied, and the colors are very personal, even personal. For example, in Untitled (Dance), 1991, Meret has painted blue and yellow hues over blue and green hues. A white bead hanging from the middle of a blue-green background is the only thing missing from this painting, and the blue is painted on the surface, so the blue is really a reflection of the blue sky above it.Merets art is not simply about the representation of identity. Rather, it is about the idea of love, the idea of personal expression, and the idea of the self. Love is not just a means to an end, but is also an end in itself. Meret reminds us that love is a way of life, and that art is not merely an expression of personal feeling, but that art is also a means of living, and of making things for others. Her art is about being loved, about being alive, and about being able to be loved.
Review a painting by a queer black woman of a colorful vulva with sausages coming out of it, with an industrial scene in the distant background, with a glowing rainbow as the backdrop for a scene of a wedding ceremony. And then youre shocked to find out that its a painting by a black man.In contrast to the elitist black-centric museum displays, these five works, all from 2002, show a different kind of representation. In the first gallery, which is dedicated to the new works, one finds a wide variety of styles and approaches to painting, from warbling color to flat, concrete surfaces. Two works in this group, such as the work titled M-11, 2002, are particularly effective; they are small, almost fragile, but somehow they hold together as a unified whole. A third, a large painting from 2002, titled Marble Piece, 2002, is a kind of giant plastic object. In this work, the upper part of the model is covered with a red, oval-shaped plastic sheet, which casts a maroonish light in the background. In the fourth work, called Coccyx, 2002, one can see a fragment of the original model, a strip of red plastic covered with white paint.The new works also emphasize the different ways in which the colors of the paints and the paints themselves are different. In some cases, as in the previous works, the colors are used in a playful way, to express the effects of the colors or to emphasize the surface. One of the more successful works in the show is that of M-11, 2002. Here, two colorful, but not very striking, shapes in a rich, flowing palette of red, green, and blue paint are pulled apart and reassembled with a blue paintbrush. The paint is applied in thin, irregular strokes and covered with a clear coating of maroon. The color of the paint is slightly warmer than the others in the work, but not as warm as the colors in the background. These paintings are rich in color and rich in texture. They are bold, dynamic, and full of energy.
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