Jenny Saville Archives and Summer Painting Exhibitions Highlight Materiality

Jenny Saville's archives are currently featured on artcritical. The exhibition 'Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life' remains on view through August 27. At Gagosian, 'Ancestors' continues through June 16. 'Continuum' runs on Madison Avenue until October 22. 'Paint Made Flesh' at the Phillips Collection explores the relationship between painting materials and human substance. These summer shows collectively examine painters' engagement with their medium. The author describes experiencing a 'Frankenstein moment' in relation to these exhibitions. Multiple venues are presenting works that investigate materiality in contemporary painting practice.