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The latest from Victoria Miro artists around the world
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Commission
Posted
22 June 2017
The 2017 Terrace Wires commission by Conrad Shawcross is unveiled at St Pancras International
The Interpretation of Movement (a 9:8 in blue), 2017, is the artist's most ambitious mechanical work to date. St Pancras International, London -
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Publication
Posted
22 June 2017
Just published: Grayson Perry – The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!
Published by Particular Books, the accompanying book for Perry's show at the Serpentine Gallery (8 June – 10 September 2017) contains all his latest works. Particular Books -
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Exhibition
Posted
20 June 2017
Kara Walker at Deste Project Space
The project (20 June - 30 September 2017) transports Figa, the left hand of the sphinx-like monument of the A Subtlety installation from its “new world” location at the Domino Sugar Factory in New York to Greece, the birthplace of Western civilisation. Deste Project Space, Hydra, Greece -
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News story
Posted
16 June 2017
Isaac Julien appointed CBE in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List
Artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Arts in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List. -
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News story
Posted
16 June 2017
Idris Khan appointed OBE in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List
Artist Idris Khan has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Art in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List. -
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Exhibition
Posted
1 June 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors continues its North American tour at Seattle Art Museum
This major exhibition (30 June - 10 September 2017) examines the artist’s seven-decade career and contextualizses the notion of infinite expansion and accumulation in her work, culminating in her visually stunning Infinity Mirror Rooms. Seattle Art Museum, Washington -
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Exhibition
Posted
15 June 2017
Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow at National Gallery Singapore
The first major survey of Kusama's work in Southeast Asia includes paintings, sculptures, videos and installations from the 1950s to the present (9 June - 3 September 2017). National Gallery Singapore -
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Exhibition
Posted
15 June 2017
John Kørner: Altid Mange Problemer at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
The largest exhibition of the artist's work to date (18 June - 13 August 2017) features paintings from across his career and a new body of work including a site-specific installation. Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark -
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Exhibition
Posted
21 June 2017
Isaac Julien in The Place is Here at South London Gallery
The exhibition (22 June - 10 September 2017) presents work by over twenty black artists and collectives working in 1980s Britain. South London Gallery -
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Event
Posted
16 June 2017
Gallery event: Hilton Als talk and book signing
Wednesday 12 July 6:30pm, reservation essential. Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author Hilton Als discusses the current exhibition Alice Neel, Uptown, with a reading from the accompanying book. Victoria Miro, Wharf Road -
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News story
Posted
12 June 2017
Just published – Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston, a special edition artist’s book including limited signed copies
This special edition artist's book by the internationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker features newly-conceived photographic works, texts by the artist and Pulitzer Prize winning critic Hilton Als, in addition to storyboards from Julien’s seminal 1989 film, Looking for Langston, never before published contemporary Polaroids and rare archival material. -
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Exhibition
Posted
9 June 2017
Kara Walker in Blue Black, curated by Glenn Ligon
Inspired by his experience of the Pulitzer’s monumental Ellsworth Kelly wall sculpture, Blue Black, Ligon enlists the colors to pose timely and nuanced questions, touching upon notions of language, identity, and perception (9 June - 7 October 2017). Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St Louis, Missouri -
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Exhibition
Posted
7 June 2017
Tal R: Academy of Tal R at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
The exhibition (20 May - 10 September 2017) is both an overview of his work from the past twenty years and a presentation of a series of new works. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark -
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News story
Posted
7 June 2017
Ian Hamilton Finlay's Little Sparta public opening 2017
Set in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s unique garden and life's work. This year's annual public opening takes place between 7 June and 30 September 2017. Stonypath, Dunsyre -
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Exhibition
Posted
7 June 2017
Victoria Miro artists at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Works by Wangechi Mutu, Varda Caivano, Secundino Hernández, Isaac Julien and Conrad Shawcross are included in the 2017 RA Summer Exhibition (13 June - 20 August 2017). Royal Academy of Arts, London -
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News
Posted
7 June 2017
Isaac Julien announced as winner of the Charles Wollaston Award at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
The prestigious Charles Wollaston Award, one of the most significant art prizes in the country, is presented to the ‘most distinguished work’ in the exhibition (13 June - 20 August 2017). Royal Academy of Arts, London -
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Exhibition
Posted
6 June 2017
Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!
Perry's exhibition (8 June - 10 September 2017) will tackle one of his central concerns: how contemporary art can best address a diverse cross section of society, confronting subjects that are universally human. Serpentine Galleries, London -
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Exhibition
Posted
2 June 2017
Doug Aitken creates a new installation for ARoS Triennial
The Garden is a living artwork that embraces the dichotomy between the natural environment and a synthetic man-made experience (3 June - 30 July 2017). ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark -
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Exhibition
Posted
11 June 2017
Maria Nepomuceno in Hello, City! at Daejeon Museum of Art
The artist's recent work Untitled, 2016, made of ropes, beads, ceramic and braided straw, is included in the exhibition (23 June - 9 October 2017). Daejeon, South Korea -
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Event
Posted
20 June 2017
Do Ho Suh to take part in Art Night 2017
For Art Night (1 July 2017), Do Ho Suh presents a video installation that responds to the architecture of Christ Church, Spitalfields. Christ Church Spitalfields, London -
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Preview
Posted
16 June 2017
Elmgreen & Dragset reveal details of the Istanbul Biennial to The Art Newspaper
"We aim to highlight positive alternatives to normative living modes, and propose a different understanding of what it means to be a ‘good citizen’.” Gareth Harris, The Art Newspaper -
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Interview
Posted
15 June 2017
Conrad Shawcross talks to Wallpaper* about his forthcoming Terrace Wires commission for St Pancras International
‘I hope it will have this real Brunelian scale of ambition.’ Nick Compton, Wallpaper* -
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Art fair
Posted
15 June 2017
Victoria Miro presents a solo booth of works by Milton Avery at Art Basel 2017
Victoria Miro is delighted to present a stand (R7) dedicated to the twentieth century master Milton Avery (1885 – 1965). Victoria Miro’s first solo presentation at Art Basel in three decades of participation in the fair features paintings and works on paper from throughout Avery’s career, many of which have never been exhibited outside of the US. Basel, Switzerland -
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Art fair
Posted
15 June 2017
Art Basel Unlimited: Doug Aitken
Victoria Miro is delighted to co-present with 303 Gallery, New York, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, and Regen Projects, Los Angeles, a new video installation of Doug Aitken’s largescale, interactive work Underwater Pavilions, 2017. Basel, Switzerland -
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News
Posted
15 June 2017
Art Basel Unlimited: Secundino Hernández
Victoria Miro is delighted to co-present with Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt, and Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Four Seasons, Between Summer and Fall, 2016-2017, a major four-part painting by Secundino Hernández. Basel, Switzerland -
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Art fair
Posted
14 June 2017
Victoria Miro's solo presentation of Milton Avery named one of Artsy's 20 best booths at Art Basel 2017
"It’s a rare opportunity to peer into the practice of the late artist, whose paintings were prefaced by study drawings and watercolors that are lesser-known but equally beautiful." Basel, Switzerland -
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News story
Posted
14 June 2017
Artnet features Milton Avery's Boathouse by the Sea in its Ten Best Artworks at Art Basel 2017
"This majestic abstraction, evoking a strip of sand by the seaside at sundown, is paired with its preparatory drawing…" Andrew Goldstein, Artnet -
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Event
Posted
13 June 2017
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston screening and talk at Tate Britain
A rare screening of Looking for Langston in its original 16mm format, followed by a conversation between Isaac Julien and Tate curator Zoe Whitley, will take place in the Clore Auditorium, Thursday 20 July, 7 - 9pm. Tate Britain, London -
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Review
Posted
9 June 2017
Apollo reviews Alice Neel, Uptown
"What Neel does so well in these portraits is to hold a mirror up to uptown Manhattan of the 1940s and ‘50s…" Grace Banks, Apollo -
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Interview
Posted
8 June 2017
Conrad Shawcross discusses his work on the FT Everything Else Podcast
"Dystopian dreams and robotic sculpture", the latest FT culture podcast features an interview with Conrad Shawcross, who discusses his work, including In Light of The Machine, his new commission for the Barbican's exhibition Into the Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction. FT.com -
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Interview
Posted
7 June 2017
Varda Caivano interviewed by Skye Sherwin ahead of her inclusion in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
"Caivano variously compares her studio to a stage, a sand pit and a head, with paintings like evolving thoughts." Skye Sherwin, RA Magazine -
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Review
Posted
6 June 2017
The Evening Standard reviews Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!
"Funny, witty and visually delightful" – ★★★★★ from Matthew Collings for Grayson Perry's Serpentine show. Matthew Collings, The Evening Standard -
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Review
Posted
6 June 2017
Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! reviewed by Rachel Campbell-Johnston in The Times
"The Brexit vases are the stars of the artist’s playful new Serpentine show, one of the most accessible exhibitions ever." Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times -
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Publications
6 June 2017
Milton Avery
Retail price: £40.00 Special exhibition price: £30.00 Extensively illustrated, a new 116-page hardback publication includes an essay by Edith Devaney, Contemporary Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts and co-curator of the recent Abstract Expressionism exhibition, examining the development of Milton Avery’s career and his influence within the canon of American art. Additional commentary examines Avery’s only visit to Europe, in 1952, and pairings of Avery’s oils and related works on paper. Victoria Miro, 2017Milton Avery£ 30.00Add to cart -
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Exhibition
Posted
5 June 2017
Conrad Shawcross creates a new work for the Barbican's major exhibition Into the Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction
A new commission by Shawcross uses light, movement and sound to create an installation that takes over The Pit theatre space (3 June - 1 September 2017). Barbican Centre, London -
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Preview
Posted
5 June 2017
Channel News Asia previews Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow at National Gallery Singapore
"With 120 artworks spanning 70 decades of prolific art-making, Yayoi Kusama: Life Is The Heart Of A Rainbow is a solid survey of the artist’s extremely complex life and practice." Mayo Martin, Channel News Asia -
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Review
Posted
4 June 2017
Laura Cumming reviews Milton Avery in The Observer
"These paintings have an atmosphere all of their own: heartening, unhurried and beautiful." Laura Cumming, The Observer -
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Review
Posted
3 June 2017
Hyperallergic writes about Concrete Poetry: Words and Sounds in Graphic Space, featuring Ian Hamilton Finlay
"… Reading this Finlay work, one hears a kind of Beckettian phrase…" Douglas Messerli, Hyperallergic.com -
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Preview
Posted
3 June 2017
Culture Whisper previews Milton Avery
"Hilton Kramer once said that Avery 'was, without question, our greatest colourist..." Culture Whisper -
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Interview
Posted
2 June 2017
Conrad Shawcross talks to It's Nice That about his installation for the Barbican's Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction
'The “riddle and mystery” is what drives Conrad and the ambiguity within the project has remained with it all the way through to installation…'. It's Nice That Rebecca Fulleylove -
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Exhibition
Posted
2 June 2017
Isaac Julien included in the Barbican's major exhibition Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction
Julien’s 2004 work Encore II (Radioactive) is among the contemporary artworks included in the Barbican's major exhibition. Barbican Centre, London -
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Exhibition
Posted
2 June 2017
A new work by Sarah Sze in ARoS Triennial
Sze's work Hammock (For Rauschenberg), 2017 is featured in The Future (3 June - 30 July 2017). Aarhus, Denmark -
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Exhibition
Posted
2 June 2017
Elmgreen & Dragset in ARoS Triennial
Work on display (3 June - 30 July 2017) by the duo includes Powerless Structures fig. 55 - Cruising Pavillion, 1998 / 2017. Aarhus, Denmark -
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Commission
Posted
1 June 2017
A new commission by Elmgreen & Dragset for Ekebergparken, Oslo
'Dilemma' is a newly commissioned work by Elmgreen & Dragset at Ekebergparken in Oslo – a public park collecting and commissioning permanent outdoor sculpture. Ekebergparken, Oslo -
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Commission
Posted
1 June 2017
Conrad Shawcross announced as the artist for the 2017 Terrace Wires commission
The Interpretation of Movement (a 9:8 in blue), 2017, will be unveiled at St Pancras International station on the morning of Thursday 22 June 2017. St Pancras International, London -
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Exhibition
Posted
1 June 2017
Kara Walker at Baltimore Museum of Art
Salvation is a complex consideration of African American and female identity within the tragic history of American slavery. The work is on display (28 June 2017 - 18 March 2018) with And I Can’t Run by Hank Willis Thomas, in the Black Box Gallery. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland -
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News story
Posted
30 May 2017
City AM's Steve Dinneen spends a week as caretaker at Alex Hartley's The Clearing
"Constructed from reclaimed metal and timber, it’s like the log cabin from your wildest bucolic fantasy." Steve Dinneen, City AM -
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Publications
30 May 2017
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston (signed)
Retail price: £75.00 Special exhibition price: £60.00 Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston, is a lavishly illustrated, signed, limited edition book by the internationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker, featuring newly-conceived photographic works in addition to storyboards from Julien’s seminal 1989 film, Looking for Langston, never before published contemporary Polaroids and rare archival material. 100 signed copies available. Designed by Olu Odukoya Victoria Miro, 2017Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston (signed)£ 60.00Add to cart -
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Publications
30 May 2017
Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston
Retail price: £55.00 Special exhibition price: £40.00 Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston is a lavishly illustrated, limited edition book by the internationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker, featuring newly-conceived photographic works in addition to storyboards from Julien’s seminal 1989 film, Looking for Langston, never before published contemporary Polaroids and rare archival material. Designed by Olu Odukoya Victoria Miro , 2017Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston£ 40.00Add to cart -
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Preview
Posted
29 May 2017
Grayson Perry writes in the Guardian and reveals two new works ahead of his Serpentine Galleries show
"… In the 21st century to call an artist 'popular' still has the lingering echo of a put-down." Grayson Perry, The Guardian -
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Interview
Posted
27 May 2017
Grayson Perry interviewed in The Telegraph
The artist talks to Mick Brown about his 'Brexit tour around Britain'. Photograph: Richard Ansett. Mick Brown, The Telegraph -
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Feature
Posted
27 May 2017
Alice Neel, Uptown featured in i-D
"The exhibition covers so much, it's hard to find a place to start. Hilton or Alice? Race or gender? New York or America? Now or then?" i-D Felix Petty -
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Exhibition
Posted
25 May 2017
Doug Aitken: Electric Earth at The Modern, Fort Worth
The exhibition (28 May - 20 August) unfolds around the major moving-image installations that articulate Aitken’s central subject matters. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas -
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Film
Posted
23 May 2017
Tal R: a film by Louisiana Channel
In the run up to his major exhibition, Academy of Tal R at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, the artist was interviewed by Kasper Bech Dyg and Marc-Christoph Wagner, who spent six months with him while he was in the process of making his grand series of railcar paintings, Habakuk. Louisiana Channel -
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Review
Posted
19 May 2017
Rachel Campbell-Johnston reviews Alice Neel, Uptown in The Times
"Neel notices everything… Nonetheless, it remains saliently the inner person who speaks." Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times -
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Picture story
Posted
19 May 2017
Alice Neel, Uptown featured in AnOther
"As a new exhibition opening at Victoria Miro gallery demonstrates, her portraits have never been more relevant." Alexandra Alexa, AnOther -
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Preview
Posted
17 May 2017
Hettie Judah writes about Alice Neel, Uptown in inews
"As 'Uptown' shows… her true interest lay with those that touched on her day-to-day: earnest kids, mixed-race couples, sari-wearing Madonnas, Iranians fleeing the revolution, handsome young men in Jheri curls." Hettie Judah, inews -
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Publications
16 May 2017
Alice Neel, Uptown
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Alice Neel, Uptown at David Zwirner, New York (23 February - 22 April 2017), and Victoria Miro, London (18 May - 29 July 2017). Including essays by Hilton Als on individual portraits and their sitters, in addition to new scholarship by Jeremy Lewison. David Zwirner Books / Victoria Miro, 2017Alice Neel, Uptown£ 40.00Add to cart -
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Art fair
Posted
15 May 2017
Victoria Miro at Photo London with a special presentation of Isaac Julien’s Looking for Langston
Isaac Julien’s seminal work Looking for Langston (1989/2017) is the focus of this special presentation (18 - 21 May 2017), which features photographs presented as both large-scale works and silver gelatin prints, accompanied by an installation of the award-winning film. Somerset House, London -
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Film
Posted
15 May 2017
Yayoi Kusama featured on Bloomberg Brilliant Ideas
The latest in Bloomberg's Brilliant Ideas series of films focuses on the life, work and global phenomenon of Yayoi Kusama. Contributors include Frances Morris, Director, Tate Modern, Yukie Kamiya, Director, Japan Society Gallery, Hoor Al-Qasimi, Director, Sharjah Art Foundation, and Glenn Scott Wright, Director, Victoria Miro. Bloomberg.com
In Focus
Hilton Als, curator of Alice Neel, Uptown writes about Neel's portrait of Ron Kajiwara, 1971
An extract from the accompanying book, published by David Zwirner Books and Victoria Miro
… At the time he sat for Neel, Kajiwara was at the epicenter of a new kind of show-biz hip; her portrait is as much a report about that particular New York phenomenon as it is a record of style as a way of being—a post-Whistlerian illustration of modernism at work, inherently queer, bristling with attitude and dandy distance and an almost feminine softness or yearning behind the pretend armor. In her important 1973 essay on style, Kenndy Fraser writes that the stylish “must keep leaping up and sniping at complacency. The slightest softening, or a tilt in the direction of coziness or caution, could cause the death of style.” Indeed, there is a certain playfulness and hardness that Kajiwara shows in the world of this painting: a world made vertical by Neel, thus emphasizing her subject’s thinness, his long hand and knee-high boots.
He wears a coat that Baudelaire, one of the more original dandies, might have envied.
