Cecily brown

Soft, delicate pinks like BLUSH linen are a recurring feature in Cecily Browns rich, expressionistic paintings, conveying nude flesh, spring blossoms in the sunlight, or freshly fallen snow, painted with the fluttering decadence of the Baroque era once led by Jean-Honore Fragonard. A leading New York artist since the early aughts, Brown has been painting...

Property from a Los Angeles CollectorCecily Brownb. 1969One Touch of Venussigned and dated 1999

Cecily Brown studio & quote about imposter syndrome. WSJ.com article.

CECILY BROWN (B. 1969) , Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Christie's

“Painting is closest to poetry of all the arts: not being able to explain something, why does one thing sound so great next to another? You can’t put your finger on it, that’s what my work’s about.” Cecily Brown’s paintings pulsate with fleshy indulgence as thickly painted bodies writhe into and over one another, caught...

Cecily Brown’s Paintings Are at the (Other) Met - The New York Times

What will she make of the fabled greatness of the English past?

The title of Cecily Brown’s exhibition at the Drawing Center, “Rehearsal,” was intended to reflect the meaning of the Old French version of the term. Rehercier, a wall text instructed, meant “to go over something again with the aim of more fully understanding it,” rather than, as “rehearse” currently denotes, to practice for a crowning performance.