mary woronov paintings – blog

Here’s to LACMA for giving us one of the most essential shows of the decade. Usually I go to judge art, this time I was there to learn. How would you feel if in every mirror you did not recognize … Continue reading→

Since the beginning of Art, the female figure has been one of the main subject matters for its beauty, sexuality, and emotive powers, starting with the Venus of Villandorffand continuing with em>Venus de Milo and every other Venus incantation from … Continue reading→

Five Car Stud, 1969-1972 is the best installation on racism I have ever seen. Odd that it should have been done by a white man, but when you know the artist is Kienholst, it makes perfect sense because Kienholst has a … Continue reading→

We all have favorite memories like the playground of our childhood or the playground we dragged our children to. Our desire to hang on to these memories is often both a fierce and futile attempt to escape death, a place … Continue reading→

It wasn’t that Andy was gay. It was that he was SO gay. I met Andy in the early ’60s, a time when most gay artists butched it up with the sloppy clothes and the Jackson-Pollock-macho look – either because … Continue reading→

There is nothing more to be said about Frida Kahlo that hasn’t already been said, except that, thankfully, she wasn’t satisfied with becoming just a modern Symbolist and/or Surrealist painter. She was also Mexican in her dress, her life, and … Continue reading→

Benton’s narrative painting of the boy, the man, and the dog are a family experience we are all familiar with even if we didn’t have it. There is no clash between them and the bucolic explosion of nature around them. … Continue reading→