Deborah Kass, More! Feel Good Paintings for Feel Bad Times

In Deborah Kass's bright and Pop-ish word paintings, the glass is always half-full--in fact it's brimming over. Her texts call upon the viewer over and over, "c'mon get happy!" while others exhort more sober demands: "save the country now." Robert Storr's verdict: "Glitzy? You bet! And schmaltzy? Yeah!! Wanna make something of it? Kass does--and how!!!"