[Sam Cree]

How well do you like Lucien Freud's work, RP? I admire it for the technical virtuosity and the feeling, but confess that I don't really like it.

[Republicanprofessor]

I basicially agree: he is very skilled. But as a woman, I am offended by how he treats women as objects. I also find his work self-indulgent and needlessly shocking, perhaps purposely politically so. Does that really look like Reagan? What an unflattering and uncentered image! If anything, Reagan knew who he was and what he was doing.

But he is conveying what he wants to convey, in a strong, personal style, which means that he is a strong artist, whether you and I agree or like his work or not.