Art. At once sensual and remote, insistent and reserved, tactile and reflective, Brenda Zlamany's stark yet opulent paintings compel the viewer to reconsider the nature of, as well as the desire for, representational images.... In contrast to many of her peers, Zlamany is more disturbingly conscious of of time's unavoidable devastations. Consequently, her work is more subtly haunted, more disquietingly remote, and more seductive -- John Yau. This book reproduces paintings from several series by New York-based artist Brenda Zlamany: her recurring subjects include snakes, dead birds, and bald men. With an essay, The Skin and the Body of Looking, by John Yau.