Francesco Clemente "Social Portraits" at MARY BOONE GALLERY

James Kalm takes a brisk walk through a collection of recent portrait paintings by Francesco Clemente. Having embraced his position as the court portraitist to New York's social elite, Clemente brings a sense of irony and a dash of satire to his elegantly naive depictions of the rich and famous.

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[MsSatirika]

garbage..... this painting sucks

[charredbeloved]

francesco's work appeals to me through his passion for "social portraiture"

[charredbeloved]

fun body of work. love how the figures are cramped to the edges, yet there is a vast spaciousness he achieves through his use of negative space. very cool. wish i could afford a piece!

[earinsound]

garbage. i thought this clemente guy was enlightened.

[claureic]

I guess the court always needs a portraitist...

[filmerado]

His subjects look frightened and quite unfinished. I like it.

[rrub1949]

Francesco Clemente will be on a panel discussion -Art Creativity and Tibetan Buddhism with Philip Glass, Gelek Rimpoche, and Michael Imperioli on May 9 2009 at Cooper Union in NYC -should be interesting

[MrWowforever]

success breeds contempt

[fox408]

total art bollocks! ...thanks again though, for another great vid jameskalm

[LawrenceCharlesMille]

Awkward money people.