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I just read Charlie Finch’s article on artnet about Natalie Frank’s exhibition at Mitchell-Innes & Nash. He claims her work would not have been possible 10 years ago because conditions were not right. He attaches her work to artists like John Currin, Odd Nerdrum and Lucien Freud as precedents as well as Neo Rauch and Max Beckmann.

Where She Stops, 2007 by Natalie Frank

To me, her work reminds me of Jerome Witkin—twin brother of Joel Peter Witkin, who has been painting in this fashion for years, but I guess collectors don’t salivate at hearing his name.

The German Girl, 1997 by Jerome Witkin