Sacred Monsters
Carl Planksy's Divas
Callas Paints Her Self-Portrait, 2008. Oil on linen, 84 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the Artist
Self-Portriat as Anita Ceruetti, 1996. Oil on linen, 84 x 72 inches. Courtesy Spartanburg Art Museum
Callas, 2008. Oil on linen, 84 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the Artist
Grace Hartigan as Eleanor Steber,1997. Oil on linen, 84 x 66 inches. Courtesy of the Artist
Joan Mitchell, 1990. Oil on linen, 24 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the Artist
Aprile Millo, 2009. Oil on linen, 68 x 58 inches. Courtesy of the Artist
Self-Portrait as Montserrat Caballe, 1995. Oil on linen, 84 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the Artist
Self-Portrait as Montserrat Caballe - Green Dress, 1995. Oil on linen, 84 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the Artist
Sacred Monsters: Carl Plansky's Divas
September 10 to October 17, 2009
Essay by Brice Brown »
“She was a mess, and she was a goddess” *Essay by Brice BrownWhat are we to make of Carl Plansky’s larger-than-life painting, “Self-Portrait as Montserrat Caballé-Green Dress,” depicting a bewigged and bearded man in an emerald-green dress with thick, meaty arms –– the right raised in exultant triumph, the left ...
Essay by David Cohen »
Audio VisualEssay by David Cohen Willem de Kooning famously quipped that “flesh was the reason that oil painting was invented.” In Carl Plansky’s portraits of six operatic divas and one from the art world, a sense of corporeal presence is palpable. But he adds another raison d’être to the ...