Victor's Commentary & Photos continued...

I had a very nice visit to IRMA LEZHAVA'S studio, a painter originally from Tbilisi, Georgia, now based in Manhattan. That's her sitting next to her latest work in progress which is a reinterpretation of the Last Supper with seated apes and Judas as the central red ape. The perfectly realized and subtly anthropomorphic and zoologically exact primate cousins are seated in a cave made of nearly fluorescent pink brain matter. The details are incredible. (continues below)