ELISABETH PEYTON : LIVE FOREVER
NEW 235 BOWERY NEW YORK NY MUSEUM
PEYTON, ELIZABTH
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American painter Elizabeth Peyton (b.1965) is best known for her unmistakable portraits of musicians, fashion icons and subculture luminaries
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Documents works from her entire career and includes magazine clippings, historical paintings and unpublished snapshots from her personal archive, along with detailed commentaries on the individual works
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Peytons paintings exemplify new ideas of masculinity while offering a seductive record of an ephemeral scene, updating David Hockneys intimate 1960s Pop draughtsmanship for the present day
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Works by Peyton can be found in major collections around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris
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Accompanies the artists major solo international touring exhibition