Fruitful...

"This exhibition contains graphic sexual content." Slurp. Let the show begin! (Wear roomy trousers.) Beyond the porn as usual, there's two stunning portraits of Currin's toddler son. Redolant of the Old Masters, these small canvases let the artist, no, the artist/father shine. The boy, with his luminous pale skin, his Sauternes hair, his demeanor of curiosity/impenetrability is a golden child, a Prince. Currin throws away his usual shock and irony away with the bathwater. I look forward to his chronicling the kid's growing up.

I know you want the porn. So, beyond the fucking and sucking, there's the smiling gal bearing a tray of fruit -- a ripe honeydew is placed at the level of her left breast. The melon is at least a DDD, and its navel is accurately centered.

"...Currin's paintings continue to stimulate vigorous debate."*...and a little something more.

*from the press release.


John Currin, at Gagosian
980 Madison Ave.
212-744-2313
through Dec. 22
http://www.gagosian.com