His paintings are satirical and contain strange characterizations (or perhaps "caricaturizations" would be a better word?). With pin-up girl faces and classical bodies, his women are studies in hybridization, and a comment on objectification through the ages. I love how disarming his work is - completely lacking in pretense.
"John Currin: The filth and the fury
His portraits of balloon-breasted women are notorious. Now John Currin is about to arrive in Britain with canvases of an even more sexually explicit nature. The artist talks to David Usborne about flesh tones, critical outrage – and why hardcore porn is part of the 'war against Islam' " (found here)
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