The english artist shows paintings and sculptures at Gagosian. He has a very specific touch, layering the brushstrokes to reveal a flux in the paint. The medium is like liquefied on the panel, as a result, the figures seem to remain in constant movement. The artist tries to show what’s beyond flesh. The dematerialized figures live their own life trough these distorsions. Wooden Heart could be the sculpture of Pinocchio’s skullhead. It is made of very thick strokes of paint, which unveil the artist’s creative process : the layering of strokes creates a flow within the material. With Nausea, the artists challenges Velasquez’s Portrait of Innoncent X, and Bacon’s version as well. Glenn Brown turns the body upside down and removes the head. The figure is floating in the air, like in Christ Returns to the Womb and Song to the Siren. These melting bodies become a new kind of icons. The artist explores myths whilst testing the properties of his medium. Untill November 26th.
http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2009-10-15_glenn-brown/
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