James Kalm continues to be both enchanted and exasperated by the late paintings of Francis Picabia. This tidy jewel-box of an exhibition presents a brilliant cross section of both the "ugly abstractions" as well as the "kitsch" works that have kept Picabia's name on the lips of painting aficionados for over half a century. Displayed are works dating from the mid 1930s to the early 1950s a period that saw the artist pushing his experimentation not only in the medium of paint, but into the realm of aesthetics and "good taste".
some remind me of John Currin's humor but more subtle
Thanks
dermic 2 months ago
Love these works.
UntitledPainter 2 months ago
Picabia rules. Thanks James.
balkandepot 2 months ago
i thought it was a weird show. unfortunately because of the frames i thought some of it looked better in reproductions
veuvecliquot 2 months ago
Reminds me of Kippenberger.
claureic 2 months ago
The only thing that sucks in this video is your French. The rest is AAA.
claureic 2 months ago