The exhibition, comprising oil paintings, drawings in period frames, grisaille panel works, etchings, and sculptures, attests to the ever-intensifying dexterity with which Brown employs paint, content, and form. The title of Glenn Brown’s solo exhibition, “Come to Dust” is taken from a song in Shakespeare’s play “Cymbeline” and evokes the ineluctability of death. His grotesque yet fascinating figures appear to be painted with thick impasto, but are actually executed through the application of thin, swirling brushstrokes which create the illusion of almost photographically flat surfaces. Starting with reproductions from other artist’s works, Brown transforms the appropriated image by changing its color, position and size. Glenn Brown is known for the use of art historical references in his paintings.
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