{"id":88546,"date":"2015-08-05T18:30:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T22:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=88546"},"modified":"2015-08-06T11:12:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T15:12:07","slug":"teenage-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/05\/teenage-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenage Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four paintings from Grace Weaver\u2019s \u201cTeenage Dream<\/a>,\u201d showing for two more days at Thierry Goldberg Gallery. Weaver takes the title of her show from Katy Perry\u2019s (not undeservedly) ubiquitous 2010 single. She imagines her paintings as pop songs. See more of her work on her Web site<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Match Point<\/i>, 2015, oil on linen, 72″ x 72″.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Weaver_Grace_thearmchair\"<\/a>

The Armchair<\/i>, 2014, oil on canvas, 62″ x 62″.<\/p><\/div>

\"Weaver_Grace_02detente\"<\/a>

D\u00e9tente<\/i>, 2014, oil on canvas, 83″ x 94″.<\/p><\/div>

\"GW_TheTournament\"<\/a>

The Tournament<\/i>, 2015, oil on linen, 72″ x 72″.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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