mary woronov paintings – blog

The way I first heard it was a rumor, a bit of gossip. This is how the story went – The main art critic of the time, Clement Greenberg, was gay, arch, and powerful while Jackson was rebellious, macho and … Continue reading→

European art has created some of the most unique and compelling examples of sex as art the world will ever know. The strange thing about European Christians is that their art can be exceedingly sexy but they aren’t supposed to … Continue reading→

When I go to New York I like to stop at the Frick. I trot past the copious Fragonards and visit my favorite paintings. There are many of them…and there are also many Fragonards…why? One, OK; but many? Obviously this … Continue reading→

When Picasso saw the cave paintings he said there is nothing to invent, no new way to paint, it is already done. It is true, they are amazingly modern yet intensely primitive at the same time. They could be shown … 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→

Science is an arsenal of logic, proofs, and answers that banishes all mystery, Gods, and monsters to the edge of existence where death waits by the river. Science is a saintly endeavor but can an animal eat an answer? No … Continue reading→

There is a force in Hopper’s paintings that is fierce and unrelenting in its desire to reveal the truth. It is not the people or the buildings of New York, it is the light and the way in which it … Continue reading→