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Saville is one of my favorite painters, even though I don’t much enjoy\u00a0looking at her work. I don’t think I could say this about any other painter. I’m always amazed at how she handles paint, though her\u00a0subject matter and scale strike me as calculated and contrived. Her choice of grotesque imagery reminds me of\u00a0Freud and Bacon, dutiful in its lurid depictions of human flesh, with an\u00a0emphasis on paint for paint’s sake. With all of them, the point seems to be: we’re all just meat. OK, got it. Now what?<\/p>\n

In this detail of a nude that appears to be a self-portrait, she’s squatting and exposing her crotch to a camera, having\u00a0enclosed herself in\u00a0mirrors that reflect various parts of her body. The\u00a0way she translates the tones in her face is so masterful and abbreviated and soothingly pleasant–she summarizes areas of color so effectively and, it seems, effortlessly, and in this picture she’s breathing, just waiting to go do something less awkward. She’s thinking,\u00a0How long do I have to subject myself to this?<\/em> Those who know Adobe software will recognize qualities\u00a0in the image that inspire admiration rather than dismissal of the technology, assuming it\u00a0was involved. If not, all the more impressive. The colors are subtle and beautiful, in and of themselves, and they convey the beauty of her face, even while the full image is as arresting and flagrant as porn, which allows her to situate\u00a0a lovely face in\u00a0a painting\u00a0outre<\/em> enough to maintain critical respect. It’s\u00a0a head fake.\u00a0See what I’ve got? Made\u00a0you flinch by shoving myself at you. Don’t worry, I won’t use it on you.<\/em>\u00a0Whew. It would be great to see her apply this same facility to\u00a0commonplace things and people, rather than rely on the spectacle of unappealing bodies and body parts to get people to stop and not look away. So, I love\u00a0this painting, despite itself. You can see it\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saville is one of my favorite painters, even though I don’t much enjoy\u00a0looking at her work. I don’t think I could say this about any other painter. I’m always amazed at how she handles paint, though her\u00a0subject matter and scale strike me as calculated and contrived. 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