Chris 'Zeke' Hand on John Currin at the DHC/ART Foundation
Channel: Chris 'Zeke' Hand
Date: 2012-01-24

Fourth Floor

Big Hands, Big Breasts,
Small Head, shirt knot on her chest.

I'm not sure what Deauville has to do with Rotterdam
If the pictures were taken in a brothel, do royalties get paid to the Madam?
As long as I am asking questions I wonder if either one uses a diaphragm?
Quite possibly, the easiest way to explain "wham bam thank you ma'am."

Malmö's another brothel scene
The couple pictured doesn't look older than eighteen.

The second act of Hamlet would be easier to explain
To high school males if it was illustrated with "The Dane."
Big breasted naked women with mismatched body parts
Apparently one of them is his sweetheart
Despite the fact that his brushwork is never roughshod
There's something that always seems odd.

Patch and Pearl gazing out in the distance
A complete understanding gives some resistance.

Singing for her supper or taking a taste?
The action in this painting is not snail-paced.
Not at all traditional, kind of quirky,
Take a gander at the size of the turkey.

Currin as Kusiemski?
Would you disagree?
Given his porn paintings
It's hard to see them abstaining.

A Bent Lady with a bunch of roses
Damien Hirst Knowses.

Anna smiles sweetly behind a banana and a three branched candelabrum
No matter how hard I try, this isn't abstract expressionism.

Some woman with a melon as a breast,
I would hate to see how he paints her fesses.
I don't understand all the fruit in a bowl
Does eating grapes help your soul?

I like the skinny dude's sweater
He's an old guy, I hope he gets better.
Hanging out in the bathroom
Is he talking? And if so to whom?

Did Mr. Currin live in Berlin?
The paint on this one is not thin.
There's still something weird
It might be the hair, it might be the beard.

It took a while for me to notice the wheelchair
Smack dab in the middle of the painting is a mighty big pair.
Add to that hand coming out of her head
And you can understand how I was misled.

Santa's little helper
Diaphanous skirts as it were.
The two don't quite meld.
While I was looking at it parts of my body swelled.

I wonder what the etiquette
is in Stamford, Connecticut?
Smoking cigars and drinking martinis,
I'm surprised that they're not wearing bikinis!

I wonder if Ms. Feinstein sculpted John
Or is showing her off naked, for him a turn on?

Atreyu? Bastian Bux?
Is he thinking, "I wonder if she fucks?"

Whose hand? And why's she looking away?
Is she lost in her thoughts and far away?
Or is it bedtime and she's about to hit the hay?

You can never be too thin or too rich.
Mrs. Omni is a fairly standard issue portrait about which
There isn't much I can say.
I can't figure out why he chose her to portray.

I wonder if Mr. Currin watched Maude
When he was growing up? And was awed
As I was by the television show.
Although I have to admit I dreamt about Adrienne Barbeau.

Two people painted on a background that's beige
Despite, or maybe because of, their clothes, they look their age.

What's the opposite of brown?
While she's smiling, I frown.
There's something off, not quite right
I think it has to do with the background being very bright.

A wizard, a thaumaturge, a necromancer
Those breasts definitely enhance her.
I'm not certain I want to know what type of spell he will cast
This was the first painting in the show and it mirrors the last.