http://www.richardhellergallery.com/dynamic/artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=3370 At the end of April, I found myself fully vaccinated, and in LA to drop off some work for a group show. I was looking forward… Read more “God is a Mushroom Cloud: Paco Pomet, Hesperides, 2020 presented by Richard Heller Gallery”
Tag: art criticism
Problematic “Cool”: Photorealism
I distrust cool. Cool is a lie we tell to protect ourselves from the heat of what really drives us. It is the solidified crust that must be peeled away to reveal the magma beneath, which is the suppressed life force that animates the deadened surface.