Amy Sillman , Williamsburg Portraits , 1991 -92, ink, gouache, pencil on paper 11 x 8 in. each From the Press Release: During a recent studio visit with Katherine Bradford , we were looking at her work for our upcoming exhibition and discussing our frustration about how painting was not represented in the recent survey show at the Brooklyn Museum, entitled, “Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy and Beyond”. We looked at each other and said (I don’t remember who said it first), “Brooklyn is the painting capital of the world”. Yep, there it is, it’s out there. During one of our conversations, Irving Sandler told me that at this moment there are more painters and more painters with serious studio practices in Brooklyn than in any place in the world, and many of the most important contemporary galleries and museum shows feature works by Brooklyn painters. Part II of Back to the Future will focus on some of the ...