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Exhibition Walkthrough: Brenda Goodman and John Yau at Sikkema Jenkins



Painter, Brenda Goodman and poet and art writer John Yau discuss a detail in the work.
photo: Denise Sfraga



Last Saturday, February 16th Sikkema Jenkins hosted an exhibition walkthrough with Brenda Goodman & John Yau on the occasion of Goodman's solo exhibition: In a Lighter Place. 

From the Press Release:
Since 2011, Goodman has transformed and synthesized aspects of her earlier work, as well as inspiration from such movements as Surrealism, Expressionism, and Symbolism, and artists as diverse as Hieronymus Bosch, Alfred Kubin and Philip Guston, into something recognizably hers. At the same time, the torment pulsing through Goodman’s work seems to have loosened its grip on the artist.

In the event that you were unable to make it out to the talk you can view the exchange in the link provided in the caption of the image posted immediately below . . . 

Yau's review of the exhibition, In a Lighter Place on Hyperallergic.

*All images accompanying this post ©Denise Sfraga




Click here to view the conversation on vimeo.



Goodman discusses one of the incredibly painted smaller works in the exhibition.
Photo: Denise Sfraga


John Yau and Brenda Goodman discuss her new work.
Photo: Denise Sfraga


A view of the crown in attendance.
Photo: Denise Sfraga

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