Frank Auerbach: Selected Works, 1978 2016 at LUHRING AUGUSTINE

James Kalm scoots through downtown Manhattan on election night, avoiding police blockades in SoHo, and threatened protests on the Lower East Side, to bring hardcore painthead viewers a walkthrough tour of Frank Auerbach: Selected Works, 1978 2016. Having first encountered the work of Auerbach in the swinging London of the mid 1970s, your correspondent has kept an appreciative eye out for his latest developments. This show presents a series of portraits from a small cast of longtime friends, and the artists wife. The included landscapes are scenes of North London in and around the artists own neighborhood. Also displayed are a series of graphite drawings with some selfportraits. A musical introduction is provided by Wael Elhalaby This program was recorded November 3, 2020. , jameskalmreport, jameskalmroughcuts, contemporarypainting