We Heart EP

Elizabeth Peyton is having her first ever survey show hosted and curated by the New Museum in New York. I was recently out there to launch and distribute the current issue of First Person, while I was in what felt like the Palais De Tokyo bookstore downstairs, as it is defined by a kind of aluminum free standing wall, I was hoping to catch this show... but it was still being installed. She is my most favorite contemporary painter as her work, despite the subject matter of grunge celebrityism, seems timeless. Those red lips and romantic tattoed boys sleeping... omg, how I used to stand and stare at the acquisition at the SFMoMa in my early twenties... sigggghhhh.... I'd consider flying back out to NY just to see this show. It takes up two floors and comprises not only paintings but also her photo studies of I'm sure a promisingly romantic mural of English boys, half awake half asleep, flowers, sunlight, cigarettes and tired eyes... and more. Catch it before it closes and travels on to Europe. Im sure it will be worth it. Like being in love with a painting. And all it should be. Total Gift.