Marilyn Minter’s paintings operate at a scale and intensity that often confuses the eye before it clarifies the mind. At first glance, her work reads as hyper-real photography. The surface is so sharp, so meticulously rendered, that the instinctive reaction is technological rather than painterly. What camera was used. What lens. What lighting setup. The revelation that these images are oil on canvas arrives slowly, and when it does, it reframes everything.