Elizabeth Peyton rarely depicts the subjects of her portraits in the midst of an activity. Instead, the American artist’s washy, signature application of oil paint, pencil and watercolours tends to portray the sitter in a melancholic state – reflective, reclining, dormant. This intimate stylisation, rendered small-scale, through close friends, collaborators and a celebrity cache including John Lennon, Eminem and Chloë Sevigny, continues to strike an evocative chord with…
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