Marilyn Minter
Clown, 2003
Enamel on metal
40 x 40 inches
Marilyn Minter
LA to NYC, 2003
Enamel on metal
72 x 48 inches
Marilyn Minter
Peach Fuzz, 2003
C-print mounted on plexi
38 x 51 inches (framed)
Marilyn Minter
Stuffed, 2003
C-print mounted on plexi
38 x 51 inches (framed)
Marilyn Minter
Satiated, 2003
C-print mounted on plexi
38 x 51 inches (framed)
Marilyn Minter
Glisten, 2003
C-print mounted on plexi
38 x 51 inches (framed)
Marilyn Minter
Drool, 2003
C-print mounted on plexi
38 x 51 inches (framed)
Marilyn Minter
Vomit, 2003
C-print mounted on plexi
38 x 51 inches (framed)
Marilyn Minter
New Paintings and Photographs
September 6 – October 11, 2003
Fredericks & Freiser is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings and photographs by Marilyn Minter, marking the artist’s first New York solo show since 2000. The exhibition brings together large-scale color photographs and hyperrealist enamel-on-metal paintings that probe the unstable boundary between beauty and abjection, glamour and grit.
Minter’s close-up images of mouths, eyes, and skin—frequently dusted with glitter, makeup, sweat, or tears—push the visual seductions of fashion photography to their breaking point. By exaggerating color, magnifying surface detail, and collapsing distinctions between the cosmetic and the corporeal, she transforms the language of commercial imagery into something raw, intimate, and psychologically charged.
Works such as LA to NYC (2003) and Clown (2003) heighten these tensions through Minter’s painstaking enamel technique, in which each surface is built slowly through layers of translucent color. The resulting images oscillate between desire and discomfort, revealing the emotional volatility beneath the culture of glamour.
Fredericks Freiser Gallery is located at 504 West 22nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm. For further information and/or photographs please contact the gallery by telephone at (212) 633-6555, fax at (212) 367-9502, or email fredericksfreiser@nyc.rr.com. Find more information on Marilyn Minter or any of our artists at www.fredericksfreisergallery.com.
