John Currin
Painting, Visual Artist
1962 –
Who is John Currin?
John Currin is an American painter based in New York City. He is best known for satirical figurative paintings which deal with provocative sexual and social themes in a technically skillful manner. His work shows a wide range of influences, including sources as diverse as the Renaissance, popular culture magazines, and contemporary fashion models. He often distorts or exaggerates the erotic forms of the female body. "His technical skills", Calvin Tomkins has written, "which include elements of Old Master paint application and high-Mannerist composition, have been put to use on some of the most seductive and rivetingly weird figure paintings of our era."
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- Born
- 1962
Boulder - Also known as
- Каррен, Джон
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Lived in
- Boulder
- New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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