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Eric Fischl's show at Mary Boone Gallery explores the pageantry and brutality of the bullfight. Matadors and bullfighting have been fertile ground for artists (and writers) from Goya to Picasso, and Fischl dips into that well, remaining a neutral observer and leaves the morality up to the viewer.
Fischl works large as usual for him (Corrida in Ronda #2 is 84"x 102") and from photos taken at the Corrida Goyesca in the Andalusian town of...
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