{"id":13330,"date":"2026-10-09T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=13330"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:47:07","slug":"emma-mcintyre-this-body-holds-swamp-stuff-at-david-zwirner-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/09\/emma-mcintyre-this-body-holds-swamp-stuff-at-david-zwirner-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma McIntyre, ‘This body holds \/ swamp stuff’ at David Zwirner Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Historically, the use of blue paint – synthetic blue pigment created in Egypt or lapis lazuli mined in Afghanistan \u2013 has advertised art patron\u2019s wealth.\u00a0 Though options now abound for blue tones, connotations of luxury persist in paintings like \u2018Beautiful old lies\u2019 by abstract painter Emma McIntyre in her current solo exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery<\/a>\u2019s Tribeca location.\u00a0 McIntyre first applied oxidized copper paint to canvas (perhaps alluding to azurite, a historically cheaper source of blue color sourced from copper mines), then added a rich cobalt blue layer on top, allowing stains to arise from below. \u00a0Towards the center of the large canvas, a small form resembling a diving bird nods to a winged angel in one of Giotto\u2019s frescoes in Padua\u2019s 14th<\/sup> century Scrovegni Chapel, a link to the early Renaissance master\u2019s use of lapis lazuli and a shift from earthly environs to the spiritual realm. (On view in Tribeca through Oct 24th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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Emma McIntyre, Beautiful old lies, oil, conte crayon and oxidized copper on linen, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Historically, the use of blue paint – synthetic blue pigment created in Egypt or lapis lazuli mined in Afghanistan \u2013 has advertised art patron\u2019s wealth.\u00a0 Though options now abound for blue tones, connotations of luxury persist in paintings like \u2018Beautiful old lies\u2019 by abstract painter Emma McIntyre in her current solo exhibition at David Zwirner … <\/p>\n

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