+ RYAN LEE
Little Men, comprised of large-scale paintings and works on paper, is considered to be Browne’s first major body of work, and remains distinct from the rest of her oeuvre. The series depicts a succession of aging white men—corpulent, wrinkled, and balding—in various states of frustration and rage. These little men are expressively colored blurs of motion, often seeming to be caught mid-tantrum.
In Seven Deadly Sins (c.1968), Browne’s seven male protagonists flail and yell; they voraciously eat or drink; one sucks his thumb, while two others appear to have exposed themselves. One sullen figure stands on the back of a figure that is half man, half dog who is splayed out on the floor as he looks pleadingly out at the viewer.
RYAN LEE
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