Nicole Eisenman
A provocative show at Anton Kern Gallery in New York
Nicole Eisenman first made her mark with a series of drawings—some of which made it into the 1995 Whitney Biennial—that presented a feminist passion with a sexy, cartoonish sensibility. As a lesbian artist, Eisenman also tapped into—as Art in Print magazine put it—“the queer rebellion that prevailed in the early ’90s in a New York City riven by the culture wars and the AIDS crisis.” In 2015 Eisenman was awarded a MacArthur “genius grant,” and recently, her attentions have turned in a slightly different direction. “In some ways I think that conversation around queer politics is more or less over, because of the success of the gay community in mainstream culture,” she told The New York Times. “Now the conversation has shifted to class, and that’s where I want the focus of my work to be. There, and on race and trans politics as well.” Here are a few examples from her most recent show at the Anton Kern Gallery in New York.
