{"id":18740,"date":"2016-06-13T06:54:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T04:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/?p=18740&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2017-07-02T20:42:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T18:42:44","slug":"john-currin-museo-bardini-the-elegant-sarcasm-of-a-great-contemporary-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/en\/john-currin-museo-bardini-the-elegant-sarcasm-of-a-great-contemporary-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"John Currin @ Museo Bardini: the elegant sarcasm of a great contemporary artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18629 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"639\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-.jpg 607w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3--266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Currin Palazzo Stefano Bardini in front of his &#8220;The Lobster&#8221;, a work of 2001. Photo Beatrice Brandini<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2-Rachel-scura.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19978 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2-Rachel-scura-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2 Rachel scura\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2-Rachel-scura-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2-Rachel-scura-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2-Rachel-scura.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cRachel\u201d by Beatrice Brandini<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Florence, namely the magnificent apartments of Stefano Bardini Museum, home to the first Italian exhibition of John Currin, one of the most talented contemporary artists (personally I follow for at least fifteen years, and I had already spoken with great enthusiasm in one of my posts 2014\u00a0https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/john-currin-limperfazione-che-diventa-arte\/<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-1.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cThe Penitent\u201d 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/4-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cThe Penitent\u201d 2004 (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-bis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-bis-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"5 bis\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-bis-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-bis-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-bis.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glimpse of the work &#8220;The Penitent&#8221; by John Currin, 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-tris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-tris-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"5 tris\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-tris-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-tris-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-tris.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glimpse of the work &#8220;The Penitent&#8221; by John Currin, 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cBent Lady\u201d, 2003<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cBent Lady\u201d, 2003 (Courtesy Sadie Coles)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"7\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7-1.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glimpses Stefano Bardini Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/8-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/8-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"8\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/8-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/8-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/8-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"9\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glimpses Stefano Bardini Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/11-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cThe Clairvoyant\u201d, 2001 (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, curated by Antonella Nesi and Sergio Risaliti, will be inaugurated today, 13 June, and will remain open until next October 2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"12\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glimpses Stefano Bardini Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"13\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glimpses Stefano Bardini Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/14-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"14\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/14-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/14-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/14.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glimpses Stefano Bardini Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It &#8216;s really interesting visit for at least three reasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/15-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/15-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"15\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/15-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/15-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/15-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cFlora\u201d, 2010 (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/18-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"18\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/18-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/18-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/18.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cFrancis\u201d, 2005 (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"16\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/16-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cHollis\u201d, 2007 (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/17-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/17-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"17\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/17-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/17-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/17-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cFlora Currin\u201d, 2011 (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/19-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/19-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"19\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/19-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/19-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/19-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cHollis\u201d, 2007 (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first is certainly knowledge, proximity, or even the discovery (the presentation to the press, the impression is that it was not a name so obvious for everyone) of this great painter. Capable of overstretched American myths (alas universal) as those of aesthetic perfection, wealth that becomes happiness, of power as status &#8230;. with elegance and irony (combination not easy). To create an art that definitely looks to the past, the Italian Renaissance or Dutch, but which turns into something completely new, unusual; In fact here is that the still life is not the background of the painting or the protagonist \/ absolute subject, with Currin &#8220;invades&#8221; the principal face of the same work, in a perspective that distorts every rule; or the beauty codified through nudity, it turns out disproportionate and full of imperfections &#8230;. His works that do not want to please (is it not the desire [and effort greatest] of an artist to be loved ?!). Currin does not search adoring fans, who reluctantly has to thousands, this interesting artist aspires to a paradox between personal expression and realism, between eccentricity and purity of forms, including obscenities and refinement .., so even if touching different themes and genres such as the portrait, the still life, lustful or sentimental stories, remains true to himself and to his poetry is essentially a complaint on the emptiness of the human race, touched by indifference, consumerism, hysteria, from the voracity (sexual , possession, food, does not matter &#8230;).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/21-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"21\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/21.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dario Nardella, John Currin, Antonella Nesi and Sergio Risaliti<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/22-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"22\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/22-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/22-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/22.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/23-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"23\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/23-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/23-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/23.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin during the press conference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seeing him live it seemed like a very charming person (obviously) but also solid, serene, elegant bourgeois man&#8230;. not tormented and unhappy as often we cataloged, especially in our imagination, the artists &#8230; and for this reason during the press conference, I wanted to ask this: <em>&#8220;lately I get the feeling that has &#8220;shelved&#8221; his favorite themes as a function of something else &#8230; it is because you are now resigned?&#8221;<\/em>. The reality has far exceeded the most negative outlook? &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/24-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"24\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/24-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/24-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/24.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cNude in a Convex Mirror\u201d, 2015 (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/25-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"25\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/25-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/25-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/25.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cRachel in the Garden\u201d, 2003 (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/26-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"26\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/26-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/26-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/26.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cBig Hands\u201d, 2010 (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The final reason to visit this exhibition is the location: The WONDERFUL Stefano Bardini Museum! Great antique dealer and collector Florentine of the nineteenth century who made his passion a profession estimated and recognized all over the world, capable of spreading the &#8220;Bardini taste&#8221; due to his international auctions (we are in the nineteenth century) and an exceptionally cultured and cosmopolitan clientele . The museum was founded by the ancient monastery of San Gregorio to Peace in Piazza de &#8216; Mozzi which the antiquarian Bardini bought in 1880. Bardini overturns the idea of the traditional antique shops, often cramped and full of objects, to create a bright spot (thanks to the introduction of large windows and skylights), with its blue walls (\u201cBlu Bardini\u201d, a combination of blue, indigo and violet) &#8230;, where, room after room, there was a real show of architecture, vision of precious objects, a set of diversity and seduction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"27\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/27.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Marzocco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/28-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"28\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/28-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/28-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/28-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/28.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glimpses Stefano Bardini Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"29\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Majolica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/30-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"30\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/30-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/30-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/30-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/30.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Majolica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"31\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Majolica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/32-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"32\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/32-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/32-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/32.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Virgin, sienese school early 15th century<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition Currin within Bardini Palace is really something unique, an exercise that demonstrates how can coexist harmoniously the ancient and the modern; the Currin paintings are hung together at antique and precious frames, with fifteenth-century Madonnas, with medieval armor &#8230; to demonstrate that art has no boundaries, no age, which can not be categorized by genre, but rather as an expression of beauty and value, as the works of the US artist or the precious objects collected from Bardini during a life, all can become a beautiful &#8220;chaos&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/33-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"33\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/33-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/33-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/33-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/33.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/34-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"34\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/34-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/34-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/34.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Museo Stefano Bardini collection antique carpets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/35-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"35\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/35-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/35-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/35.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glimpses Stefano Bardini Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/36.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/36-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"36\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/36-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/36-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/36-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/36.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/37-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"37\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/37-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/37-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/37.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glimpses Stefano Bardini Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/38.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/38-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"38\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/38-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/38-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/38.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/39-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"39\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/39-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/39-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/39.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wooden model of the Baptistery in Pisa, seventeenth century<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/40-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"40\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/40-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/40-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/40.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cThe Lobster\u201d, 2001 (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/42-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"42\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/42-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/42-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/42.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin: \u201cRachel in Fur\u201d, 2002 (Courtesy Sadie Coles). My favorite work, one of the ten paintings that I would have!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/43-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"43\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/43-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/43.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Currin in Florence at the Palazzo Stefano Bardini<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good life to all!<\/p>\n<p>Beatrice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currin Palazzo Stefano Bardini in front of his &#8220;The Lobster&#8221;, a work of 2001. 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