Marc Dennis painted some dead wasps.
Marc Dennis’s photorealistic painting True to Life pictures wasps as many of us — well, at least those of us who have ever been stung (index finger, 1996) — like to see them: dead. His solo show of equally impressive flowers, foliage, and beetles opens at the uptown Hirschl & Adler Modern gallery on Valentine’s Day. —Rachel Wolff
Definitely don’t look and watch if you’re afraid of clowns or bees.
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“You have to do the opposite of what you’re doing now or you’re going to get fired today.”
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