James Kalm takes a brisk walk through a collection of recent portrait paintings by Francesco Clemente. Having embraced his position as the court portraitist to New York’s social elite, Clemente brings a sense of irony and a dash of satire to his elegantly naive depictions of the rich and famous.
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March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
His subjects look …
His subjects look frightened and quite unfinished. I like it.
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
Francesco Clemente …
Francesco Clemente will be on a panel discussion -Art Creativity and Tibetan Buddhism with Philip Glass, Gelek Rimpoche, and Michael Imperioli on May 9 2009 at Cooper Union in NYC -should be interesting
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
success breeds …
success breeds contempt
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
total art bollocks! …
total art bollocks! …thanks again though, for another great vid jameskalm
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
Awkward money …
Awkward money people.
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
and the child said …
and the child said in front of all “but he has nothing on at all, the King is naked!”…great video and I feel sorry, very sorry for the poor purchasors…
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
I’ve loved …
I’ve loved Clemente’s work for over 20 years now. Met the guy in the 90’s. He owns work of mine. Ugh, this is some of the most uninteresting work I’ve ever seen from him…as if I mattered to Francesco anyhow! Thanks for the video James!
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
I got into Clemente …
I got into Clemente after reading about the Deitch retrospective in JuliB, and being inspired to check out the show. Great stuff. People want to dismiss his stuff as style over substance, but that’s silly: The nature of art is that the style is the substance.
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
I think Clemente’s …
I think Clemente’s career is a marvelous testament to the power of having the right friends and going to the right parties. A glamorous wife doesn’t hurt either. Warhol’s society portraits always sucked and I think these suck even worse. I guess the difference is Warhol at least made some great art and Clemente…I like Basquiat’s “portrait” of Mary Boone as Mona Lisa.
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
Anyone read the …
Anyone read the short quip about Clemente’s work in this months Artnews or was it Art in America, the one without a photo? Either way Kalm’s view is a 100 times better!
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
Hei….adorable …
Hei….adorable effort jameskalm…..even the other video was good….
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
Nice video! Saved …
Nice video! Saved me a trip to Chelsea.
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
Great video, check …
Great video, check out denverarts/org for a post on one of the portraits in the Mary Boone show, formerly part of the Denver Art Museum’s Radar exhibit highlighting art collectors Vicki and Kent Logan
March 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
Thanks for posting. …
Thanks for posting…wish you’d done this with all Clemente’s shows!