DAVID HIROSHI JAGER
Mr. Jager is an arts and culture writer. He received his doctorate in…
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Realism Emerges as a Painterly Alchemy That No Gadget Can Reproduce in Work by Caroline Walker, Leonard Baby
The intent of the artist, the framing of the image, and the hand holding the brush are the biggest determinants of what is ‘seen.’
There Was More to Weegee Than Lurid Shots of Dead Gangsters
If a murdered mobster was slumped and bleeding over his linguine, the pioneering crime scene photographer was there minutes later, camera in hand.
George Condo, Known for His Impertinent and Cheeky Deconstructions of Modernism, Proves Staunchly Resistant to Depth
Condo has long been adept at taking the visual vocabulary of high modernism and straining them, violently or hilariously, through a contemporary lens.
A Fantasist First and Foremost, Maxfield Parrish’s Retrospective at a Palm Beach Mansion Is Aptly Timed for America’s New Golden Age
The painter thrived due to his aspirational classicism, a hazily reconstructed, quasi-historical Hellenism strained through the sensibility of Cecil B. DeMille.
Morandi’s Search for Radiant Presence in the Simplest Objects Illuminates a Career-Spanning Exhibition at David Zwirner
A painter of still lifes of such exquisite refinement and subtle palette that to look at them too quickly is to miss them.
Exploring Painting’s Latest Renaissance as Art Basel Miami Beach Returns After a Rocky Year
The results are interesting, when they aren’t too clever by half.
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