An intimate survey of Cecily Brown's paintings, drawings, and prints,
providing a meditation on the intertwined themes of still life, memento
mori, and vanitas in her work
Cecily Brown (b. 1969) transfixes viewers with sumptuous color, bravura
brushwork, and complex narratives that relate to some of European
painting's grandest and most time-honored themes, including still life
motifs and meditations on mortality through vanitas This intimate survey
of the acclaimed British painter reexamines the work of an artist whose
influential output references both modern heavyweights, such as Willem
de Kooning, Philip Guston, and Joan Mitchell, and Old Masters like Goya,
Hogarth, Manet, and Rubens. The book features 21 paintings and 26 works
on paper--drawings, watercolors, sketchbooks, and monotypes--that span
the three decades of Brown's career to date, including recently
completed and never-before published works. A conversation with the
artist provides insight into her process and sources, while an
insightful essay situates Brown in the lineage of the great artists of
the last five hundred years.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale
University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(April 4-December 3, 2023)
