02.26.09 to
03.28.09
MYRON KAUFMAN: Observations and Ideas
• A witty storyteller, Mr. Kaufman creates mostly sketchbook-sized acrylic paintings and drawings addressing the issues of our time. Gender identity, the Abu Ghraib tortures, deforestation and the energy crisis are just some of the subjects he depicts in his informal and expressive style. Every-day scenes such as subway riders take on new meaning when the artist paints them in the nude, using an awkward color palette of magentas and orange- perhaps exposing their hidden vulnerability. Psychology, sexuality and humor pervade Mr. Kaufman’s work and it is obvious he delights in his subjects, be it a parody of George W. Bush, an unflattering portrait of artist Nan Goldin or a pregnant man in a garden, contemplating a potted orchid plant.
