A few words about “The Body Is His Book: One-Hundred Paintings.”
David Schoffman has an untamed genius for impractical ideas. For the past five years he has been working on a series of one-hundred small paintings that he plans to install as a tightly compacted group. The last time I spoke to him, (which was sometime in late summer) he had about 29 pictures he considered complete. In other words, at this rate, he will complete this project sometime between 2018 and 2020
Don’t get me wrong. The paintings are thrillingly beautiful. Every detail is coaxed into perfection by his scrupulously discerning brush. Schoffman’s imagery, his color and his line are dazzlingly complex. The work is nothing short of visionary. But seriously …. 2020?!
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