PACE | MARCH 27 – APRIL 25, 2015 James Siena is an artist whose work has gained extraordinary critical acceptance over the past two decades for its ingenuity and grace, yet I still wonder what exactly it is that compels such a consensual reception, given that its intellectual rigor and complexity might just as well achieve the opposite effect. Perhaps it is because the artist’s motivation is simpler than merely experimenting with aesthetic theory. In his drawings, paintings, and prints,![]()
