Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolves? Anna Weyant Isn’t…


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A few years ago, when Anna Weyant was an emerging painter that we thought would become quite a compelling artist in the contemporary art world, she told us, “I think subtlety. I’m into dark, dark humor. There’s something amazing to me about tragicomic narratives. I think they have sad elements, but I don’t want the paintings to be totally sad.” This caught my attention as I looking at the works in Weyant’s new solo show, Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolves?, on view at Gagosian Davies Street in London and a highlight of the Frieze week there. She is painting something sinister, but there is also this incredible ability to also see something light underneath. It’s consciously taking us into…

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