Kissee Collection

Harry and I had the opportunity to view the Kissee Collection tonite. I love seeing art in someone's home... the context of taste and place and a consistent point of view is inspiring and rare.

John Currin's name came up. He's obviously had the chance to view substantial collections of WPA era art - which aren't common. It isn't a period of style that museums can count on for block buster exhibitions - though that could change!

I loved the fact that the collection embraced various attitudes from the period: working class heroes from the WPA projects, genre and portrait painting, advertising from the era and best of all kitsch. It is work that appears to be conservative and subdued but... it isn't.