John Currin: The Red Shoe Nonfiction This book was published on

This book was published on the occasion of Francis Bacon: Late Paintings at Gagosian

as well as two other paintings from the show

water drops

domestic spaces

An homage to several incandescent performances held at The Kitchen by artists including Robert Longo (Surrender

John Currin: The Red Shoe Nonfiction This book was published onThe Red Shoe is from a series of black and white prints by John Currin produced in collaboration with Kido Press, depicting individuals and smiling couples seemingly unaware of the random assortments of food, birds, and objects balanced on their heads and bodies. Characteristic of the artists oeuvre, the work combines the compositional structures typical of old master portraits and Northern European painting with whimsical subject matter.