Marlene Dumas at MOCA: Art That Slaps You in the Face
KCRW's Art Talk
Art reviews, news and announcements from KCRW's resident art critic, Edward Goldman. Both fearless and fun, Edward offers a unique "accent" on art. Formerly employed by the famed Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and a favorite on-air presence, he offers impassioned views on what he sees in the galleries and museums and at events throughout the world, and he isn't afraid to "speak truth to power." Programming note: To accommodate election coverage without pre-empting our art critic, Edward Goldman's weekly Art Talk commentary will move to 4:44 pm (usually heard at 6:44 pm) through...
Do you think you could enjoy seeing paintings that poke you in the eye,
make you sick to your stomach and – as if that's not enough – violate
your sense of decency and propriety? But wait a minute...I forgot to
mention that these paintings also have an explosive raw energy,
frightening authenticity, and the violent brushwork of a drunken
samurai wielding his sword right and left...
