New Museum of Contemporary Art
235 Bowery
212.219.1222
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Elizabeth Peyton, Zoe's Kurt, Courtesy New Museum
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Oct 8, 2008 – Jan 11, 2009
Wednesdays (noon–6pm)
Thursdays–Fridays (noon–10pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (noon–6pm)
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- Price
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$12
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Elizabeth Peyton's first stateside exhibition of paintings, watercolors, and prints is at once vast and utterly intimate. More than 100 portraits feature an array of intriguing individuals — Napoleon, Sid Vicious, Kurt Cobain, Jarvis Cocker, and artist Tony Just — but these are more than pop-cult hero homages. Peyton depicts the creative promise of youth, idolized in the mass media. In Live Forever these cultural icons appear vulnerable, rather than venerated. Acutely demonstrated in the Kurt Cobain series, Peyton's sharp photographer-like ability crystallizes a collection of moments, enabling popular images to become intensely personal.
