Thanksgiving by John Currin, 2003, The Tate Collection, London. John Currin's artwork brings to mind the naturally lit rooms of Vermeer and the realistic, beautiful, yet often grotesque figures of Odd Nerdrum. What I see here are three women, obviously related, preparing a huge turkey for Thanksgiving, but the turkey is really the star. It is impossibly fat and huge, I have a hard time believing they will be able to fit it into an oven. |
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I just sat down to write when I got a call from my mother. She fell again,
backwards, and hit her head. I need to go over and sit with her and see if
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