There's something about these

Nicole Pasulka had this to say about “Barkley Hendricks: Birth of the Cool”: The word often associated with Barkley Hendricks and his stunning, life-size portraits is “cool.” Though the people he paints, and Hendricks himself, are attractive, laid back, and worldly, don’t be fooled: these images have none of the indifference coolness implies. Instead, the work overwhelms with honesty and enough rigor and style to make the most die-hard 21st-century hipsters quit and go home.

Oh daaaang! An interview can be found here. Not an extensive interview, but interesting none the less. The above are just a few pieces from the collection that just blew me away, cool indeed.