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political satire

This post is courtesy of---hell, I cannot remember. Oh yes, it is Ashley Benigno's excellent Notes from somewhere bizarre, who got it via Conscientious

Larry Fink, Homage to Max Beckmann

It is from an exhibition entitled The Forbidden Pictures at the Lehigh University Art Galleries earlier this year.

Larry Fink, Homage to George Grosz

It is a political tableaux of satirical images of America’s current leaders, referencing the decadence and style of Weimar artists:

Larry Fink, Homage to George Grosz

This body of work marks a break with Larry Fink's previous "snapshot aesthetic" that located Fink in the tradition of Diane Arbus, Robert Frank and Garry Winogrand.

Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at September 1, 2005 10:47 AM | TrackBack