Romare Kirkland

Nicole Eisenman, "Beer Garden with Ash," 2009. Oil on canvas. 65 x 82 inches.

I was sent on mission to scavenge the Chelsea galleries to find a work of art that I liked but didn’t know the reason why.

Walking into the Leo Koenig Gallery (545 West 23rd Street, gallery hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays 10am—6pm), on a dreary overcast day, I was hit with a dreary artistic work by Nicole Eisenman.  It portrayed a nocturnal party, probably a loud and rowdy one, where everyone was happily converged with beer and wearing smiles, but in the center was a seated and expressionless man with a phone that was wrapped around his fingers.  Everything about him was pathetic and he was conquered by loneliness in a friendly party.  In his eyes was the plea for some morsel of companionship, as he let the phone droop between his fingers.  [click to continue…]

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