LEE HUSIN
MADEMOISELLE X
EXHIBITION BY GALERIE NOIR
LEE HUSIN PAINTS UNCANNY PORTRAITS.
A DISTORTED BODY WHERE THE TORSO AND LIMBS ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE, AND A PALETTE OF DARK, COLD TONES.
YET, IT IS UNMISTAKABLY A HUMAN PORTRAIT.
WHEN YOU QUIETLY FACE THE PAINTING, IT FEELS AS THOUGH YOU CAN RECOGNIZE SOMETHING OF YOURSELF WITHIN IT.
LEE HUSIN’S PAINTINGS HOLD, AT ONCE, THE ANXIETIES OF YOUTH LURKING BENEATH THE SURFACE.
THESE PORTRAITS—REVEALED THROUGH THE MECHANISMS OF FRUSTRATION AND SELF-LOATHING—RESEMBLE MADEMOISELLE X, AFFLICTED WITH COTARD SYNDROME.
THE SUBJECT OF THE WORLD HE CREATES IS, ULTIMATELY, A PORTRAIT OF CONTEMPORARY YOUTH, WHERE ECSTASY AND DESPAIR ARE TIGHTLY ENTANGLED.
On Reason
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