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Correspondingly, the dark, demonic character of her pastels, echoing art historical traditions and influences ranging from Bosch to Bruegel is akin to “a veritable witches’ sabbath: shadowy demons, voracious birds, tortured bodies, and magical creatures, the full force of those ancient fears that nameless storytellers banished into fairy tales, which astonish, confuse, and frighten us to this day.” Influence of both Old and Modern Masters but also Brown’s ability to overcome them is also visible in the work Lady and the Swan exhibited in the gallery’s bel etage, made specifically for her solo exhibition at Staatliche Graphische Sammlung/Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich held earlier this year. In eight variations, the artist reimagines a grisaille by Franz Marc treating the subject of the mythological seduction of princess Leda by the god Zeus in the guise of a swan.
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