CONRAD FRANKEL works with an unusual
material physicality, calling to mind the works of Frank
Auerbach and Leon Kossoff. Frankel works from models with an
intensity that reveals an eagerness to indulge in the drama of
life. With an emphasis on the performative aspects of a stare,
smile or frown, Frankel looks to reveal what might be concealed
by such expressions. In denying the veracity of instinctive
reflexes he challenges the very notion of the way that human
beings physically present themselves, emphasizing instead the
dark, anxious, psychological state within
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