"Pretty/Dirty" is the rare retrospective that also acts as an
engrossing biography, skillfully revealing the key shifts in
Minter's career, the points where the green artist transformed into
skilled provocateur, the path that made her a star.
*The Village Voice*
Scintillating photo-realistic paintings reveal rainbow-colored
nails lined with dirt and diamond jewelry that drips with body
fluids. Video works capture tattooed feet shoved into muddied heels
and glossy lips that curl into a snarl. In the show, titled
"Pretty/Dirty," the subversive underbelly of Minter's work is
revealed in all its shimmery, gritty glory.
*New York Magazine*
The art world has finally caught up with this forward thinker
*Edition*
In these works, the images are seemingly captured in medias res of
erotic motion, a voluptuously suspended moment in time.
*ARTnews*
Like her images, “Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty” is seductive and
glittery, an object of desire. It highlights what appears to be
almost innate talent (Diane Arbus was a fan of her student work)
and an equally preternatural ability to attract censure — as well
as some faithful obsessions.
*The New York Times Book Reivew*
unsettling depictions of a lustful, exuberant, unselfconscious id
that rejoices in a feminine sexuality that is at once pleasurable
and repellent.... if there’s mistrust or unease around Minter’s
images, it’s that they offer too much, and perhaps too easily,
visual pleasure.
*American Suburb X*
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