{"id":8565,"date":"2020-02-02T10:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T15:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=8565"},"modified":"2020-01-28T13:24:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T18:24:17","slug":"melanie-baker-at-cristin-tierney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/02\/melanie-baker-at-cristin-tierney\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Baker at Cristin Tierney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The man in the foreground of this huge charcoal, graphite and pastel drawing by Melanie Baker leans forward conspiratorially, his own identity concealed as he shields the figure before him from view.\u00a0 Ironically framed on each side by lit sconces, the two shadowy figures seem to have paused in the halls of power to engage in an intense and private discussion that Baker invites us to question.\u00a0 (On view on the Lower East Side at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cristintierney.com\/exhibitions\/melanie-baker-the-optimates\">Cristin Tierney<\/a> through Feb 22<sup>nd<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8566\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8566\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8566\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8566\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/melanie_baker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/melanie_baker.jpg 2437w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/melanie_baker-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/melanie_baker-500x304.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melanie Baker, Pomp and Sycophants, charcoal, graphite, and pastel on paper mounted on Dibond, 72 x 120 inches, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man in the foreground of this huge charcoal, graphite and pastel drawing by Melanie Baker leans forward conspiratorially, his own identity concealed as he shields the figure before him from view.\u00a0 Ironically framed on each side by lit sconces, the two shadowy figures seem to have paused in the halls of power to engage &hellip; 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