Carroll Dunham's first museum survey comes later than some of his peers' -- he's 52 -- but at the right time and in the right place. His paintings of angry box-headed men in battles -- a development of the past five years that's drawn comparisons to South Park and the late works of Philip Guston -- are his strongest yet.

Carroll Dunham: Paintings
New Museum of Contemporary Art
(October 31 to February 2)

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