In Brooklyn a new look at Philip Pearlstein 's bold realism
The retrospective of 114 paintings and drawings by Philip Pearlstein, which was organized by Russell Bowman at the Milwaukee Art Museum last spring and may be seen at the Brooklyn Museum until Sept. 15, is a dense and satisfying show. Pearlstein is one of those painters whose work always contains surprises, because one tends to feel more familiar with it than one is. What is so new about a nude in a room, done over and over again? Quite a lot, in fact. Pearlstein...
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