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The rule-breaking intensity of late Rembrandt still fascinates artists today. Frank Auerbach has been engaged throughout his career in a fruitful dialogue with Rembrandt's portraits, and [Glenn Brown] takes on both of them in his small, disconcerting painting called A Little Death (2000). It is as if Margaretha de Geer has re-emerged here as a ghost. Brown's brush strokes slide down the woman's face, neck and chest with eerie looseness.
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The Triumph of Painting
The triumph of painting Forget video installations and performance art: the oldest medium is still the best, argues Richard Cork
During the 1970s, restless young artists thrived on challenging the long-hallowed supremacy of painting. The heady avenues they opened up are still being explored...See the full content of this document
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