Alice Neel’s Apartment A Portrait of the Artist Still at Work

ROOMS ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT in Alice Neel; His focus was people. Confirming the clear-eyed compassion she feels for people from all walks of life, Neel’s work reveals the deep interiority of her subjects, with vivid, almost cartoon-like depictions of wide-angle eyes, sunken chins, and speckled skin in green or its shades. spotted with blue-violet …