Erik Wenzel publishes “Nicole Eisenman: What Happened. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, April 6–September 22, 2024” in Portable Gray
As it happens, cats are the most consistent leitmotif in Nicole Eisenman’s work. They lounge in sketchbook pages, tiptoe through backgrounds, peer out of windows, wade through rivers of goop, plop down in laps, curl up on legs, ride trains, and bare their claws. It’s not possible to discuss all the cats in Eisenman’s mid-career survey, so here are some of the most important ones. ...