crow about it
Rosson Crow appears poised to be the next art world darling, or maybe she already is? Considering I just saw a little review in March Vogue, I'm thinking she's it. And for all the jealousy I feel towards this 24 year old painting superstar, I admit, I think her work is utterly fabulous. Her painterly mix of spacious realism and layered abstraction, gorgeous palette combinations, and intriguing mix of interior, still life, and historical political content keep me wanting more. Her work combines an unusual cross section of ideas. It pays homage to many painting masters — I see a lovely mix of Francis Bacon, German expressionism and Matisse-like interiors (the colors alone make my eyes weak at the knees) and at the same time the imagery is a Ritz Carlton Versaillesque sitting room meets Monet doing waterloo while Napoleon does waterlilies. I won't be surprised to see her mise en scene dressed in haute couture spread across the fashion and art world magazines flitting about the Parisian gallery-scape. And then a few years later we'll see her reemerge married to some New York or euro upper cruster slash nouveau royalty. Good for her (jealousy raising it's ugly head again). She has a wait list for her fresh out of school $16,000 pieces, so I'll just be over here admiring my little blog posting.