curatorial info
John Currin
- Bio: American, b. Boulder, Colorado, 1962
- School: American Contemporary
Provenance
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, to 28 April 2000
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2000.
Exhibition History
C & M ARTS, New York. Naked Since 1950, 11 October - 8 December 2001, no. 34 ill.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago, IL. John Currin, 3 May - 24 August 2003, p. 91 & cover ill. TOUR: SERPENTINE GALLERY, London, England, September 2003 - November 2003; WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, NY, 20 November 2003 - 22 February 2004, p. 6 ill. (brochure).
Published References
KIRBY, DAVID. "Beauty & the Bimbo," Art News 99/5 (May 2000), p. 202.
SEWARD, KEITH. "Currin's Nudes," Parkett 65 (2002), p. 19.
BERENS, JESSICA. "We Are Not a Muse," Observer Magazine (31 August 2003, p. 18.
LUBBOCK, TOM. "Borrowed and Blue," The Independent Review (9 September 2003), p. 15.
RENTON, ANDREW. "In Love with Beauty," Evening Star (9 September 2003), p. 66.
CUMMING, ROBERT and MICHAEL PALIN. "John Currin," Art Review (November 2003), p. 101.
CURTIS, RICHARD, director. Bridget Jones' Diary: The Edge of Reason, painting filmed in the movie in 2003.
John Currin
The Pink Tree, 1999 Oil on linen78 1/16 x 48 1/16 in. (198.2 x 122.1 cm)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2000
Accession Number: 00.5