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The National Gallery is painting the town red
December 14th, 2009 | 
Author: What a show! The National Gallery clearly is cutting away from its classical looks with moment the Hoerengracht, one of the last works by Ed and Nancy Kienholtz.
What is this all about? The artists recreated a few streets from Amsterdam’s red light district. Same yellow and red lights, same tiny rooms doubled as window shops, same women, waz like, empty look, almost disappearing clothes, compensated by heavy make-up. As if they were dolls in a plastic box. Buy me. Glass cubes cover the body parts for sale.
Vulgar? But also fascinating somehow. You just cannot help but looking. Voyeurism takes over. A curtain only half closed? You’ll find yourself spying. It’s all baout the dark irony of a few walls…
Interesting. And free. Do have a look before criticising the idea!
Hoerengracht
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DN
Free
Until February 21, 2010
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