NEW YORK - Dumas: The Body Politic, Gorgeous and Grotesque
Posted on December 13, 2008 at 4:00 PM.
The figurative painter Marlene Dumas has been characterized as an artist who leaves you either hot or cold, but that's not necessarily so. "Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave," a midcareer survey at the Museum of Modern Art, cuts right down the middle. It left me warm. Ms. Dumas's work tends to aim for the solar plexus, as the show's morbid title suggests.
The Body Politic: Gorgeous and Grotesque - Marlene Dumas (New York Times)
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