John Currin American, born 1962
Nude on a Table
2001
John Currin's 'Nude on a Table' (2001) reworks the Old-Master reclining nude with self-aware contemporary exaggeration: a young woman with heightened anatomy poses in an almost Renaissance lighting, the picture parodying and honouring the tradition at once. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago