Read #Hyperallergic's Daniel Larkin on our Natalie Frank: The Brothers Grimm exhibition. On view through this Sunday! Excepts: "In the back room of the Drawing Center, Natalie Frank‘s lavish pastels conjure fairy tales in all their grisly and gorgeous glory. Inspired by the grotesque details of the Brothers Grimm stories, which she has read closely, her work diverges remarkably from the sanitized images most of us hold in our heads of Disney princesses. Frank’s work is an energizing opportunity to re-picture and reclaim these stories." ~~~~~~ "The works ooze with color. Part of why the colors are so arresting is the special way that Frank mixes gouache and pastel. She has spent hours mastering how to layer these two mediums together to get these rich, saturated reds, radiant, popping yellows, and strident, sickly greens." #NatalieFrank #TheBrothersGrimm #ClosingSoon Image: Natalie Frank, Hansel and Gretel II (detail) (2011–14), Gouache and chalk pastel on paper, 22 x 30 inches (55.9 ...