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Words: Patrick McGraw Artworks: MADSAKI The aesthetic of MADSAKI has irrevocably linked the artist to the world of streetwear, regardless of his intent. Ahead of a new exhibition at Perrotin New York, we spoke to him for a FRONTPAGE interview exploring his proud position as a forever "outsider." MADSAKI’s work has always been bittersweet. For his 2017 show, “IF I HAD A DREAM,” at Perrotin Hong Kong, MADSAKI filled a room with recreations of classic Andy Warhol works like Brillo Boxes and...

Lorraine Tady’s oeuvre gives me an opiody buzz.  The University of Texas at Dallas professor’s fierce lines and rabid colors cooly embrace the rectangle, and fire visual ideas at the brain like a cyclone blasting cherry tree buds in spring. And I’ll go ahead and say it: Tady “paints like a man.”   Don’t shoot me, PC pals, and hang on ’til we’re through.  Because Tady has heard this often. Lorraine Tady, Stellation Field, Parapet, UV ink on canvas, 72×60 inches. Her works ha...