Susan Hauptman's Strange Drawing Still Haunts Me

In the art world, some works stand out for their sheer strangeness. Such is the case with a drawing by Susan Hauptman, an American artist known for her charcoal and sanguine portraits, which particularly struck critic Ben Davis. In a recent post on Artnet News, he admits that this piece 'is serious, but not too sure how seriously to take that seriousness.' A remark that captures the work's complexity well.

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