Growing 1981 Larry Rivers -

After the content of the tapes became public, NYU announced it did not want the footage

In this piece, notice the hands. The hands in Growing are enormous, disproportionate, and rendered almost entirely in charcoal pencil over a thin wash of oil. They hover near the groin and the heart—two centers of biological growth. The fingers look like roots digging into the soil of the torso. It is gross, tender, and utterly profound. growing 1981 larry rivers

: The series documented their physical development and transition through puberty into young adulthood. After the content of the tapes became public,