Francesco Clemente’s recent shows
Francesco Clemente’s recent shows at Deitch Projects and Mary Boone gallery were reviewed in ARTNEWS in September, 2007 by Lilly Wei. “…Clemente’s Polaroids and his pencil, ink, gouache, and pastel drawings document the early evolution of his signature subjects (the eroticized body and self-portraiture) and attitudes (sensual, nervous, self-referential and provocative). There were many small-scale sketches or doodles that reflected the influence of arte povera and Post-Minimalism, styles that he would soon discard to pursue his gorgeously corolored Neo-Expressionist representations of the ‘80s.”