Plug for Paint Made Flesh

If you haven't yet seen Paint Made Flesh at The Phillips, get over there. It is powerful. I think I could sit in front of any given piece for hours...

One piece I want to mention is We Have to Eat, by Puerto Rican artist Arnaldo Roche-Rabell. The large canvas depicts a man from the shoulders up. The surface is activated by all-over slashes into the paint, creating a relief. While viewing it, I realized the slashes were playing a symphony of hundreds of metal scissors opening and closing in my head! It's amazing what responses one can have to visual art!

Which brings me to my questions: Have you seen Paint Made Flesh? What were some of your responses to the paintings?

If you've had other marked responses to art, what was the art and what was your response to it?

Phillips Collection Event

An interesting event at the Phillips Collection that I came across if you are around this evening.

John Currin

June 25, 2009, 6:30 pm, Tour/Lecture

Painter John Currin discusses his latest work, in which he explores themes from eroticism and procreation to mail-order porcelain. Currin has distinguished himself for his controversial portrayal of female subjects, from menopausal women to exuberant, well-endowed girls. Currin's work is included in Paint Made Flesh.

Included in admission to Paint Made Flesh; free for members

In conjunction with the exhibition Paint Made Flesh, organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tenn. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.

www.phillipscollection.org