Installation view Photo: Annie Schlechter/Neue GalerieNew YorkThe name “ Max Beckmann ” evokes images of side-show stages crowded with ambiguous acrobats, Fisher Kings, mutilated women, bound and masked figures and the like, often in confrontational, over-sized triptychs. Are these mysterious people actors or nightmare personages? Torturers or the tortured? Emblems of larger issues? Add lush paint and intense color, and it’s not surprising that once seen, these works can haunt us.

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Persons: Annie Schlechter, Max Beckmann, Fisher Kings, it’s Organizations: Neue Galerie New Locations: Neue Galerie New York