by Jasper Cruz | Mar 31, 2019 | Writings
The Lost Motifs of Rembrandt’s Late Pictures by David Molesky Rembrandt’s self portrait as it hangs in its temporary home at the Breuer building on Madison Avenue in New York City. First published in TRACT — March 31, 2019 As outlined in my previous essay “Pliny...
by Jasper Cruz | Mar 28, 2019 | Writings
Pliny and the Dutch Guild by David Molesky Art Johans de Gelder — Self Portrait while drawing an old woman, 1685 | oil on linen, 142 x 169 cm First published as “Poets to Artists” in TRACT — March 28, 2019 As we know from evolutionary science, the human ability to...
by Jasper Cruz | Mar 1, 2019 | Writings
Neo Rauch: Mechanic of Dreams by David Molesky Neo Rauch working in his studio in Leipzig, Germany. First published in Juxtapoz Magazine, web and print — Spring, 2019 Neo Rauch once expanded a variation on Descartes’ famous meditation and said, “I dream...
by Jasper Cruz | Feb 1, 2019 | Writings
Guillermo Lorca’s Painted Operas by David Molesky Guillermo Lora — Tre girls, 2015 | oil on canvas, 140×210 cm First published in Fine Art Connoisseur in print — January/February, 2019 The Chilean artist Guillermo Lorca (b. 1984) and I first met about a...
by Jasper Cruz | Dec 1, 2018 | Writings
Kerry James Marshall: The Key Figure by David Molesky Kerry James Marshall — School of Beauty, School of Culture, 2012 | acrylic on canvas, 274 x 401 cm First published in Juxtapoz — Winter, 2018 In 2016 the Kerry James Marshall retrospective, Mastry, traveled from...
