Nude: From Modigliani to Currin Jan Shows 2023 opening up surfaces and spaces

opening up surfaces and spaces to the countless perceptual possibilities of the medium

The carpet paintings feature a ghostly pattern rendered in silver paint

and newspaper clippings that he has accumulated over the years

and a conversation between Zeng and Jin Jing

and extensive documentation relating to Lichtenstein’s twelve realized and four unrealized murals

Nude: From Modigliani to Currin Jan Shows 2023 opening up surfaces and spacesThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Nude: From Modigliani to Currin at Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, New York. The persistent impulse to portray the human body is present at every juncture in art history. This volume documents a group exhibition of more than fifty artworks depicting the human body by thirty artistsincluding Paul Czanne, Edvard Munch, Charles Ray, and morefrom the eve of modernism to the present day. Organized