Marilyn Minter at Regen Projects

I went to the Marilyn Minter show at Regen Projects in West Hollywood today and highly recommend it. They are showing a bunch of large scale photography and paintings. When I started looking at her paintings up close to see if I could learn something about her process I was surprised to see faint finger prints inbedded all over the surface. I found out later that she uses enamel paint because she is able to get a certain blending affect with her fingers. I was not all that impressed with her photos or paintings of Pamela Anderson- not merely because of the subject matter, but she seemed to be less interested in the formal complexities than in her pieces dealing with the mouth. I am also very interested in her relationship to commercial photography- she says she only takes on commercial work that she feels like she can also adapt to her fine art practice. Sometimes this issue becomes a conflict for her. If you haven't been definitely go- its worth your time.