The Street Cecily Brown as well as Siegel

as well as Siegel

he continues to deploy his wry wit to explore the frequent disconnect between ideas and their expression

Combining figurative and abstract passages

he sought to indicate narrative truth through the depiction of elementary relationships between people and things

The Street Cecily Brown as well as SiegelThis book was published on the occasion of The Street at Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, a group exhibition curated by Peter Doig. Taking as its point of departure Balthuss 1933 painting of the same name, loaned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the exhibition was a portrait of urban life seen through the eyes of painters. Featuring streets painted from life and others created in the imagination, it included works by Frank Auerbach,