Dana
Schutz
Reclining Nude
2002, Oil on Canvas
122 x 152cm |
Imagining
herself as the last painter on earth, and Frank as the last
subject (and audience), Dana Schutz's Frank series
explores the power relationships of artist/subject/viewer
as a witty (if not sadomasochistic) ménage à
trois. Dana Schutz paints her protagonist over and over again,
like a sad calendar pin-up, ruefully exploited in different
poses and settings. In Frank on the Beach, she has
him play sex-kitten, sprawled like a second-rate rent boy
in the muddy surf at sunset. |