As early as 1981, when Benjamin Buchloh published “Figures of Authority, Ciphers of Regression” in October, Neo-Expressionism and the concomitant resurgence of texture and pathos within painting was met with almost unanimous critical rejection.
Harry Brant, a rising model and son of supermodel Stephanie Seymour and publisher Peter M. Brant, died in 2021. The cause of death for the 24-year-old was an accidental overdose.