Joyce Korotkin

Eli Sudbrack (assume vivid astro focus, AVAF) • Artist


Lawrence Rinder • Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY


Lilli Wei • Critic


Ron Warren • Director, Mary Boone Gallery, NY


Todd Hutcheson • Private Art Dealer, Consultant


Micaela Giovannotti • US Editor, Tema Celeste Contemporary Art


Barbara London • Curator, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NY

Joyce Korotkin's series Synergistic Adversaries are life-sized portraits of art world characters, from emerging to established, that document a cross-section of the New York art world in the dawn of the 21st century. Included are artists, dealers, museum directors, curators, collectors and critics — from those who create art to those who promote, sell, support, document and ultimately preserve it — all of whom are of equal importance within the synergistic but highly competitive circle of the art world. Comprised of individual portraits, each originated from life sittings, the series as a whole is a portrait of the era. Like a time capsule, it resonates with an essence of the moment right now, but will, as careers evolve and time passes, become redolent with the scent of art history.

+Joyce Korotkin