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Stamford after Brunch by John Currin (2000) (thelemmy.club)
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Stamford after Brunch by John Currin (2000)

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Currin's style has been described as "American grotesque," which I think is apt.
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[-] artifex@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

It’s like the artist had heard of things like “body”, “face”, and “hands” but only secondhand, and tried to paint them anyway.

Had the artist name and date not been provided I would have said it was AI.

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