As for the Lethière (real surname Guillon) show, I have no problem with it as such, only with what's behind it. In other words, the Clark would not be doing a big show on a now-obscure Neoclassical painter if there were no sociopolitical motive, meaning for purely artistic reasons. Not a good look.
Yes, the laundress is superb. Pity there's no particular message or politics involved, which leaves it as mere art, which of course is no longer enough--assuming it's much of anything at all.
As for the Lethière (real surname Guillon) show, I have no problem with it as such, only with what's behind it. In other words, the Clark would not be doing a big show on a now-obscure Neoclassical painter if there were no sociopolitical motive, meaning for purely artistic reasons. Not a good look.
Yes, the laundress is superb. Pity there's no particular message or politics involved, which leaves it as mere art, which of course is no longer enough--assuming it's much of anything at all.