Bad Habits

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"Bad Habits" is a 1970 painting by Philip Guston that exemplifies his late, cartoonish figurative style and confronts themes of guilt, complicity, and the banality of evil.

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Bad Habits canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
colorPalette blacks ⓘ
grays ⓘ
muted reds ⓘ
pinks ⓘ
confrontsTheme everyday evil ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
self-implication of the artist ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Philip Guston ⓘ
depicts bottles ⓘ
cigarettes ⓘ
everyday objects ⓘ
hooded figures ⓘ
genre figurative painting ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
inception 1970 ⓘ
languageOfWork none (visual artwork) ⓘ
mainSubject Ku Klux Klan imagery ⓘ
linked to: Ku Klux Klan

banality of evil ⓘ
complicity ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
racism ⓘ
violence ⓘ
medium oil paint ⓘ
movement Neo-Expressionism precursor ⓘ
late Philip Guston figurative period ⓘ
notableFor controversial use of Klan imagery ⓘ
exemplifying Guston’s late cartoonish style ⓘ
exploration of guilt and complicity ⓘ
partOf Philip Guston late works ⓘ
style cartoonish ⓘ
expressionistic ⓘ
figurative ⓘ
surface canvas ⓘ
title Bad Habits ⓘ

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Philip Guston → notableWork → Bad Habits ⓘ
Philip Guston → notableWork → Bad Habits ⓘ
subject linked to: Philip Goldstein