Crimes of passion. (the paintings of Mark Greenwold)

From: Art in America | Date: November 1, 1997| Author: Johnson, Ken | Copyright information

Greenwold's small-scale paintings are filled with pyschosexual imagery that sometimes evoke Northern Renaissance works. The artist frequently depicts friends and family in disturbing poses and explores the boundaries between fantasy and reality. Several works are discussed.

Using likenesses of himself, his friends and his family, Mark Greenwold paints hyperreal scenes of violence and sexual transformation. What exactly is being confessed to in these troubling tableaux?

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