John Currin “Flora” Beach Towel Fang Zhenning to render the print’s gnomic

to render the print’s gnomic yet familiar idiom

in conjunction with Jenny Saville: Continuum at Gagosian

It was the second in a series of curated projects at the museum that was initiated with Ed Ruscha’s The Ancients Stole All Our Great Ideas in 2012

and then return—

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John Currin “Flora” Beach Towel Fang Zhenning to render the print’s gnomicThis brushed cotton beach towel, printed with a reproduction of John Currins painting Flora (2010), portrays a reclining female figure with baskets of brightly colored fruitinspired by the various Floras from art history, from Botticelli to Poussin to Rembrandt, explains the artist. Part of the Works on Whatever (WOW) series of artist designed functional objects, the towel was produced by Art Production Fund, in partnership with Kohler, to benefit the