THE NUDIST MUSEUM (2010-2)

A series of copies in oils of all 56 nudes in the Miami Beach Bass Museum’s collection. The copies were based on documentation of the original paintings and sculptures that had been cropped to focus on the nude. Everything other than the nude was painted in monochrome with the painting spilling out onto the frame. The paintings were sized to fit a random collection of thrift-store frames and hung salon-style on images of contemporary mass media nudity sourced from fashion, pornographic and fitness magazines.