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Two Generations of Art 'Provocateurs' on Display in TriBeCa

By Irene Plagianos | January 18, 2017 5:00pm
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Robert William's "Square Peg in a Round Hole" will be on display at the New York Academy of Art's "Piss and Vinegar" exhibit.
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New York Academy of Art

TRIBECA — A new exhibit, "Piss and Vinegar," celebrates artists who push the boundaries of good taste.

The show, at the New York Academy of Art, features two generations of artists who exemplify "subversive wit" and "and dark, maniacal humor" or, in other words, " a f--k off spirit," organizers said in a statement.

The exhibit, slated to run Jan. 19 through March 5, uses the work of five male artists who came of age in the 1960s, including legendary cartoonist Robert Crumb, as well as five female contemporary artists — Nina Chanel Abney, Sue Coe, Nicole Eisenman, Natalie Frank and Hilary Harkness.

Robert Crumb's provocative cartoons will be featured in the "Piss and Vinegar" exhibit. (Courtesy of New York Academy of Art)

"No one subject or affiliation unites the two groups," the New York Academy of Art said of the artists in a statement. "But the exhibition particularly highlights the choice these artists made to pursue uncomfortable and ostensibly unpopular themes, and to risk having their work called vulgar or grotesque."

Robert Saul's "Oedipus Jr." (Courtesy the New York Academy of Art)

The graduate art school will kick things off by hosting a panel discussion, "Visual Art and Humor,” featuring art critic Ken Johnson and Robert Mankoff, cartoons editor of The New Yorker on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

The exhibit itself will have an opening reception Thursday, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and another panel talk, with the show's artists and curators, on Jan. 25 at 6:30 p.m, organizers said.

"Piss and Vinegar" at The New York Academy of Art, at 111 Franklin St., will run from Jan. 19 through March 5. The exhibit is free.