Jul 30, 2016
42. Margot Bergman, and Brian Calvin: Early Work, @ Anton Kern
“Her constructed ‘double-portraits’ converge into a single subject. With titles like Auntie Gladyce, Gloria Jean, and Patty, each painting possesses a unique personality, a soul.”
“Calvin subverts Popeye’s inherent cartoon lightness by reimagining himself in an alternate reality, restaging him in a bleak psychological landscape. With the memory accumulated from drawing this iconic character repeatedly in his youth, Calvin uses the figure’s instantly recognizable shape, and it’s associations, as a vessel for ruminations on pathos.”
