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ELLEN GALLAGHER Gagosian Gallery, New York "These engravings can be translated either into beauty or ugliness ; in one direction, they become caricatures, in the other, antique statues." — Baudelaire A b o v e : Conglimpscious,1998, m i x e d m e d i a o n c a n v a s , c o u r t e s y : Ga g o s i a n G a l l e r y . E l l e n G a l l a g h e r ' s e x h i b i t i o n a t t h e L a r r y G a g o s i a n g a l l e r y t h i s p a s t s p r i n g w a s e a g e r l y a n t i c i p a t e d . A f t e r b u r s t i n g o n t h e s c e n e i n 1 9 9 5 a t K l a u s K e r t e s s ' s b l a n d W h i t n e y B i e n n i a l a n d b e i n g s e e n o n t h e c o v e r o f t h e New York Times Magazine b e f o r e t h e B i e n n i a l a c t u a l l y o p e n e d , G a l l a g h e r h a s h a d s o l o e x h i b i t i o n s a t M a r y B o o n e i n N e w Y o r k a n d A n t h o n y D ' O f f a y i n L o n d o n . T h e r o s t e r o f g a l l e r i e s i s p o w e r f u l , m e a n i n g t h a t t h e y r e p r e s e n t a r t i s t s w h o c o m m a n d p r e t t y L a r g e s u m s o f m o n e y . G a l l a g h e r ' s s h o w a t G a g o s i a n c a m e o n t h e h e e l s o f t h e G e r m a n , A n s e l m K i e f e r ' s h i g h l y r e g a r d e d e x h i b i t i o n . A n d a s f a r a s p a i n t e r s g o , K i e f e r w o u l d b e m o r e t h a n g o o d c o m p a n y f o r G a l l a g h e r t o k e e p . S h e c a n c e r t a i n l y p a i n t b u t , t h i s i t i n e r a r y o f a p p e a r a n c e s i s r e m a r k a b l e f o r i t s e v i d e n c e o f p o l i t i c k i n g a n d...

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