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The Studio Museum in Harlem is hosting the revealing exhibition of a previously unknown body of work from the artist, Chris Ofili (the same artist a certain Mayor of New York infamously railed against for "The Holy Virgin Mary," a painting that featured elephant dung).
The NYTimes:
For 10 years now, Mr. Ofili has been making watercolors, each about 91⁄2 by 61⁄2 inches and produced in a single sitting. Predominantly heads of men and women, as well as some studies of flowers and birds, they are his way of unlocking ideas that may eventually become full-blown paintings.
He makes these intimate, resolved paintings as part of his preparatory routine nearly everyday. This is one blog-ready artist.
Posted by mark at May 11, 2005 04:09 AM