Greene Naftali
Publication
Nonchaloir
Powerhouse Books, New York.
Introduction by Collier Schorr
Hardcover
Color
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
156 pages
978-1-57687-379-3
Artist Page
“The faces are rendered carefully and deliberately, with each beautiful feature and gauche flaw carefully observed, like those of Caravaggio’s punk-angels.”
—The New York Times
Nonchaloir, the artist’s first monograph, collects over 100 of these stunning portraits in a small, intimate volume. P.’s subjects and their poses, at times languishing, wistful, or weary, are imbued with references to famed painters James McNeil Whistler and John Singer Sargent. Even the title itself is referential: nonchaloir is a defunct French word suggesting repose and resignation, and is found in works by Mallarmé and Baudelaire.