Installation view of Rene Ricard, Growing Up in America
© Rene Ricard; Photo by Argenis Apolinario; Courtesy of Vito Schnabel Gallery
Rene Ricard at Vito Schnabel – Growing Up in America
I was always honoured to read poetry w. Rene Ricard, a seminal and transgressive figure in the New York art and literary world. Poetry imbues this sampling of Ricard’s distinctive image and text works. These “poem paintings” might have windswept landscapes, romanticized figures or thrifted prints or photographs, then heavily transfigured with paints and pigments.