Issue No.
103
PAINT
Aug, 2007
Cover:
Lisa Yuskavage, Forces, 2006, oil on linen, 11 7/8 x 8 7/8". Courtesy David Zwirner, New York.
The Overwhelmer: An Interview with Lisa Yuskavage
In a conversation Lisa Yuskavage had with Chuck Close in 1996, she came up with a characteristically colourful way of describing her tendency to put her talent to such poor use: “like a nun with...
View MoreA Dark But Vital Light: An Interview with Sean Scully
Sean Scully is unique among contemporary painters in his ability to capture the visceral sublime. That quality has been realized most successfully in his ongoing series called “Wall of Light,” paintings and watercolours in which...
View MoreThe Art of Downside Narrative: An Interview with Tony Scherman
Among the 17 large encaustic paintings from “About 1865,” Tony Scherman’s grave and beautiful meditation on the American Civil War, is a canvas called God’s Work. It shows a pair of legs and feet, cut...
View MoreUneasy Painting: The Ambiguous Art of Shary Boyle
In practice and material, Shary Boyle is a polymath. Her media: painting, sculpture and drawing, the choice at a particular moment governed by her being compelled by the material itself. When she paints, she says it’s...
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