Jennifer Samet reviews the exhibition Howard Hodgkin on view at Gagosian Gallery, Madison Avenue through December 23, 2011.

Samet writes: "Hodgkin moves in and unapologetically overtakes minute spaces of art history, turning them inside-out into complete paintings. He recalled that early in his career, a writer described his paintings as a 'brutalization of intimisme.' Hodgkin admits he has been a 'fanatical admirer' of Edouard Vuillard, and one can see the marks and surfaces of Vuillard in close-up examination in Hodgkin's paintings."