Conversation: Painter John Currin

The painted human figure is the subject of an exhibition called "Paint Made Flesh," which originated at the "Frist Center for the Visual Arts":http://www.fristcenter.org/ in Nashville and is now at the "Phillips Collection":http://www.phillipscollection.org/ in Washington, D.C. The show features works from the 1950s to today by 33 artists who offer an extraordinary variety in their depictions of the body, including "Pablo Picasso":http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/04/conversation-john-richardson-biographer-and-friend-of-pablo-picasso.html, "Willem de Kooning":http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/de_kooning_willem.html, "Francis Bacon":http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/arts/design/22baco.html, "Alice Neel":http://www.aliceneel.com/, "Eric Fischl":http://www.ericfischl.com/, "Jenny Saville":http://www.gagosian.com/artists/jenny-saville/ and American painter "John Currin":http://www.slate.com/id/2093020/, one of the most recognized and lauded figurative artists working today.