John Currin
6/17/20261 hr 27 min
John Currin is an American painter. Currin is widely recognised for his figurative oil paintings in which themes of sexual personae and historical painterly genres appear in surreal and sometimes disconcerting guises. Oscillating between a graphic sexuality and playful symbolism, Currin captures the tones and textures of everyday life with an acute sensitivity and a meticulous attention to detail. Currin has exhibited internationally at galleries including Sadie Coles, Dallas Contemporary, Museo Stefano Bardini in Florence and Gagosian in New York. His first solo show was at White Columns in 1989, and in 2003, a mid-career survey of his paintings travelled to the Serpentine Gallery, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. His most recent exhibition is Opening Credits at Sadie Coles HQ in London. In this episode of Fashion Neurosis, Bella Freud and John Currin discuss the importance of clothes in his paintings, Jarvis Cocker, and the nuance of Sean Connery vs Clint Eastwood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsBella Freud· Host0:00
[gentle music] [doorbell ringing] Hi, come in. Welcome to Fashion Neurosis, John Curran. Can you tell me what you're wearing today and why you chose these particular clothes?
John Currin· Guest0:23
[laughs] Gee, I didn't think that was gonna be the first question. Um- [laughs] Let's see. I, um... It's, um, an old, uh, I think it's Paul Smith, this jacket. It's a Tom Ford shirt, uh, and, uh, Tom Ford pants, and, uh, I can't remember the shoes. They're really old. [laughs] And, uh, probably Amazon socks.
Bella Freud· Host0:51
Yeah.
John Currin· Guest0:51
Um, I like corduroy jackets. I've always have. And, uh, turned out to be perfect for, for England. I, it's always terrifying coming, traveling. I never know [laughs] what... You know, I'm gonna be ho- I'm always dreading being hot, so- Mm. So, uh, turned out to be the right thing to wear.
Bella Freud· Host1:09
You just missed the major heatwave, so- Thank God ... now we're back in the autumn, even though it's June.
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