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From: "Chris Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [5] Painting of the Year: 2008
http://www.marlboroughgallery.com/artists/desiderio2008/artwork.html
Just stumbled onto this piece in an art magazine -- and was stunned.
It feels so serious and dramatic -- and such an inspiring update on
Titian.
I've seen Desiderio's work before -- even in person -- but none of it
compares
-- since, until now, he's been compelled to present narratives that were
either meaningless - or -- full of despair/depression. I.e. -- he wanted
to
fit into the contemporary artworld.
The chances of a painting this traditional ever going into my two local
art
museums are zero -- at least in the foreseeable future.
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Lots of drama, including the contrast between the near sepia figure and the
intensity of the colors in the quilt.
Mike Mallory
