Untitled 2006 / Large Image

Just when you thought painting was dead again (yawn), here’s Josh Smith to change your mind and make you sit up straight. Remember he lives and works in NYC, a place where “bad” often means “good,” i.e., “Damn, dude, that is a BAAAADDD painting.” Cunning linguists will note that “ass” is often appended to “bad” (when it means “good”) as an enhancer: “Your girlfriend is bad-ass, man!” At any rate, Josh is one bad-ass painter, and we look forward to seeing what he has up his smock sleeves in the years ahead.
Afterart News #4, Richard Dailey