The FLAG Art Foundation - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for The FLAG Art Foundation. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“In New York, Thinking of You” Exhibition
In New York, Thinking of You is a two-part group exhibition featuring largely new or never-before-exhibited artworks by over two dozen female, female-identifying, and nonbinary artists. Centering on painting,...More »
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“Spotlight: Lauren Halsey” Exhibition
The Spotlight exhibition series includes a new or never-before-exhibited artwork accompanied by a commissioned piece of writing. It is the hope of this series to create focused and thoughtful dialogues...More »
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Somaya Critchlow “Paintings and Drawings”
Somaya Critchlow: Paintings and Drawings, the British artist’s first institutional solo exhibition in the United States, features over thirty works created between 2018-22. Offering an expansive overview...More »
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“Spotlight: Aubrey Levinthal” Exhibition
The Spotlight exhibition series includes a new or never-before-exhibited artwork accompanied by a commissioned piece of writing. It is the hope of this series to create focused and thoughtful dialogues...More »
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Derrick Adams “I Can Show You Better Than I Can Tell You”
I Can Show You Better Than I Can Tell You, a solo exhibition by Derrick Adams, comprises a cycle of sixteen large-scale works from Adams’s new series Motion Picture Paintings, (2020–22), which extend the...More »
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Rugiyatou Ylva Jallow Exhibition
FLAG’s Spotlight exhibition series includes new or never-before-exhibited artworks accompanied by commissioned pieces of writing. It is the hope of this series to create focused and thoughtful dialogues...More »
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Tarek Atoui “The Whisperers”
The recipient of the 2022 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize, Paris-based artist and composer Tarek Atoui (b. 1980, Beirut, Lebanon) presents the latest iteration of his multipart, participatory...More »
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Cristina BanBan Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation’s Spotlight exhibition series includes new or never-before-exhibited artworks accompanied by commissioned pieces of writing. It is the hope of this series to create focused and...More »
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“In Search of the Miraculous” Exhibition
10th Floor In Search of the Miraculous, curated by FLAG’s Artistic Director Jonathan Rider, is a group exhibition that explores belief, believability, and the suspension of disbelief in the form of...More »
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Cinga Samson “Iyabanda Intsimbi / The metal is cold”
Produced over the past year, Iyabanda Intsimbi / The metal is cold comprises 26 oil paintings, including a cycle of portraits and large-scale group scenes that the artist states, “explore the nature of...More »
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“and I will wear you in my heart of heart” Exhibition
9th Floor A group exhibition of contemporary paintings and textiles, and I will wear you in my heart of heart explores the myriad ways in which artists evoke tenderness through depictions of lovers...More »
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Dan Fischer “Drawings, 1999-2021”
10th Floor FLAG’s two-decade survey of artist Dan Fischer’s grid-based, graphite-on-paper drawings features over seventy works that span from 1999 to 2021, and highlights Fischer’s iterative exploration...More »
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Nicole Eisenman and Keith Boadwee Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation presents Nicole Eisenman and Keith Boadwee, on its 9th and 10th floors. The recipient of The Contemporary Austin’s 2020 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize, Eisenman...More »
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“Nicolas Party Pastel” Exhibition
Conceived as a complete artwork spanning two floors, Nicolas Party transforms FLAG into a sumptuously colored environment for a suite of new, Rococo-inspired wall murals made of soft pastel, an incredibly...More »
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Sam Gilliam and Richard Forster Exhibition
SAM GILLIAM: NEW WORKS ON PAPER Created in 2019 and exhibited for the first time at FLAG, these twelve large-scale works extend Sam Gilliam’s process-based approach to abstract painting, soaking vibrant...More »
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“Radicalism in the Wilderness” Exhibition
Delve into the radical experiments of artists from 1960s Japan who made groundbreaking contributions to the development of international postwar art in defiance of existing conventions. Little known in...More »
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“Drawn Together Again” Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation presents Drawn Together Again, a survey of contemporary drawing, on its 10th floor. The exhibition features over 100 artists, an intentionally broad list to show the strength and...More »
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“On Board The Ships At Sea Are We” Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation presents ON BOARD THE SHIPS AT SEA ARE WE, on its 9th floor. The exhibition features four works in poetic dialogue: Robert Therrien’s monumental No title (table and six chairs),...More »
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Kamrooz Aram “An Object, A Gesture, A Décor”
10th Floor Kamrooz Aram will exhibit new and recent paintings, sculptural works, and collages, highlighting the complex position of ornament throughout the history of modern art. Aram’s works challenge...More »
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Richard Pettibone “Endless Variation”
9th Floor A prominent figure in the Pop, Post Pop, and Appropriation Art movements, Richard Pettibone creates small-scale replicas of iconic masterpieces by artists ranging from Marcel Duchamp to Roy...More »
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“Paint School” Exhibition
9th Floor Presented by Shandaken Projects The Paint School exhibition will feature new work by members of the inaugural (2017-18) cohort including: Benny Merris, Caroline R Kent, Cynthia Daignault,...More »
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Genevieve Gaignard “Counterfeit Currency”
10th Floor Extended through Saturday, September 22, 2018, Genevieve Gaignard’s first NY solo exhibition of new self-portraits and collages, all created in Miami, FL, continues the artist’s interest...More »
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Genevieve Gaignard “Counterfeit Currency”
10th Floor Genevieve Gaignard’s first NY solo exhibition of new self-portraits and collages, all created in Miami, FL, continues the artist’s interest in the performance of race, gender presentation,...More »
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“Dime-Store Alchemy” Exhibition
9th Floor Curated by Jonathan Rider The exhibition features 24 contemporary artists who elevate everyday objects through the framing devices of cabinets, shelves, and containers. Contextualized within...More »
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Ellsworth Kelly Exhibition
9th Floor Ellsworth Kelly, curated by Jack Shear Curated by Jack Shear, President of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, the exhibition focuses on Ellsworth Kelly’s mastery in black and white, and includes...More »
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“Painting/Object” Exhibition
10th Floor Painting/Object: Sarah Crowner, N. Dash, Sam Moyer, Julia Rommel, Erin Shirreff The exhibition features new and recent works by five New York-based contemporary artists who draw upon Ellsworth...More »
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Ashley Bickerton Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation presents the first U.S. survey of Bali-based artist Ashley Bickerton, on its 9th and 10th floors. Ashley Bickerton’s vibrant and often dystopic vision of contemporary culture...More »
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“The Times” Exhibition
9th Floor The exhibition uses The New York Times as its point of departure and features over 80 artists, artist duos, and collectives who use the “paper of record” to address and reframe issues that...More »
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Rebecca Ward Exhibition
10th Floor Drawing inspiration from Minimalism, hard-edge painting, and Arte Povera, Rebecca Ward’s first New York solo exhibition includes new banded, sewn, and deconstructed paintings, as well as...More »
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Cynthia Daignault “There is nothing I could say that I haven’t thought before”
The FLAG Art Foundation presents Cynthia Daignault: There is nothing I could say that I haven’t thought before, on its 10th floor gallery. Daignault’s new series of paintings – part solo exhibition, virtual...More »
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Etel Adnan and Gerhard Richter Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation presents Etel Adnan | Gerhard Richter on its 9th floor gallery. The exhibition initiates a conversation between two masters of contemporary painting, from the vastly different backgrounds...More »
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Elmgreen & Dragset “Changing Subjects”
9th & 10th Floors The FLAG Art Foundation presents Changing Subjects, a solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed artists Elmgreen & Dragset. The exhibition will take place on FLAG’s 9th...More »
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“Summer School” Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation present Summer School, on its 9th floor gallery. This expansive group exhibition highlights artists who ignite our imagination through fantasy, humor, and play. Accompanying educational...More »
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Patricia Cronin “Shrine for Girls, New York”
The FLAG Art Foundation presents Patricia Cronin: Shrine for Girls on FLAG’s 10th floor gallery. Originally presented as a Collateral Event for the 56th Venice Biennale, Shrine for Girls is a poetic sculptural...More »
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Cecily Brown, Jeff Koons, Charles Ray Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation presents Cecily Brown, Jeff Koons, Charles Ray on FLAG’s. Ranging from lushly painted canvases to sculptures of extraordinary technical acumen, three artworks by each artist address...More »
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Betty Tompkins “WOMEN Words, Phrases, and Stories 1,000 PAINTINGS”
The FLAG Art Foundation presents Betty Tompkins: WOMEN Words, Phrases, and Stories on FLAG’s 10th floor gallery. The exhibition marks the first comprehensive presentation of 1,000 intimately-scaled, hand-painted...More »
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“Surface Tension” Exhibition
Surface Tension features twelve artists whose approach to abstraction incorporates a range of materials, processes, and techniques - such as sanding, stitching, dying, and layering - to draw attention...More »
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Awol Erizku “New Flower | Images of the Reclining Venus”
New Flower | Images of the Reclining Venus is a solo exhibition of photographs shot by Awol Erizku in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa in 2013. The images challenge the art historical role of the Venus and...More »
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“Space Between” Exhibition
SPACE BETWEEN features cross-generational artists whose works in contemporary abstraction investigate the seams, tears, and edges between two and three dimensions. Sadie Benning, Douglas Coupland,...More »
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“A Secret Affair: Selections from the Fuhrman Family Collection” Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation presents A Secret Affair: Selections from the Fuhrman Family Collection, an exhibition of work from FLAG Founder Glenn Fuhrman and his wife Amanda’s collection. The title of...More »
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“Disturbing Innocence” Exhibition
Disturbing Innocence features over 50 historical and contemporary artists whose use of dolls, toys, mannequins, robots, and other surrogates forms a deep and powerfully expressive genre. The exhibition...More »
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“Roy Lichtenstein: Intimate Sculptures” Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation presents Roy Lichtenstein: Intimate Sculptures (10th Floor Gallery), organized in cooperation with the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. Roy Lichtenstein: Intimate Sculptures...More »
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“East Side to the West Side” Exhibition
9th Floor Gallery Just three miles southeast of Chelsea, the Lower East Side is recognized, both in the cultural landscape of New York and internationally, as an important epicenter for contemporary...More »
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“DEEP END: Yale MFA Photography” Thesis Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation presents DEEP END: Yale MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition, on view in FLAG’s 9th and 10th floor galleries. Curated by artist Roe Ethridge, DEEP END highlights a diverse group of...More »
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Roy Lichtenstein “Nudes and Interiors”
The FLAG Art Foundation presents two exhibitions: I’m Walking Here! Richard Patterson curated by Toby Kamps, and Roy Lichtenstein Nudes and Interiors curated by Hilary Harkness & Ewan Gibbs, organized...More »
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Robert Patterson “I’m Walking Here!”
The FLAG Art Foundation presents two exhibitions: I’m Walking Here! Richard Patterson curated by Toby Kamps, and Roy Lichtenstein Nudes and Interiors curated by Hilary Harkness & Ewan Gibbs, organized...More »
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“5th Anniversary Group Exhibition”
The 5th Anniversary Group Exhibition includes 15 emerging and established artists, the majority of whom have previously shown at FLAG.More »
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Awol Erizku “Images of Venus from Wayne Lawrence’s Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera”
Awol exhibited in FLAG’s 2011 Art² and 2013 personal, political, mysterious exhibitions and we are proud to now invite him as curator. The Orchard Beach series resonates with Awol’s approach to portraiture....More »
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“Something about a Tree” Exhibition
A group exhibition featuring: Darren Bader Jules de Balincourt James Brown Bill Burns Sarah Cain Cynthia Daignault Tacita Dean Mark Dion Mitch Epstein Francesca Gabbiani Cyprien Gaillard Sally...More »
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“personal, political, mysterious” Exhibition
- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture - Installation - Video installation
- 2013-06-12 - 2013-09-07
The exhibition explores the confines of the personal, political, and mysterious through a selection of works by 24 artists utilizing photography, painting, sculpture, video, and installation. The exhibition...More »
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Tom Molloy "Issue"
"Issue" is the first solo exhibition in New York of Irish artist Tom Molloy. The artist's work examines power, explores the ways in which it has been perverted, and asks global questions about morality....More »
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Hilary Harkness Exhibition
Best known for her impossibly-detailed paintings of a world inhabited only by women, Hilary Harkness is most obsessed with abuses of power, which she presents on an intimate, yet grand, scale. Sex, war,...More »
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"Funny" Exhibition
There are multiple types of humor: dark, off color, smart, subtle, and downright hilarious. I am particularly interested in the pause that occurs between the delivery of a joke and the smile that indicates...More »
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Lesley Vance Exhibition
This exhibition traveling from Bowdoin College Museum of Art is the first solo exhibition in New York of work by Los Angeles based artist Lesley Vance (b. 1977). Since her inclusion in the Whitney Museum...More »
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"Watch Your Step" Exhibition
A group exhibition of floor works including Polly Apfelbaum, Lynda Benglis, Patricia Cronin, Tara Donovan, Steven & William Ladd, Richard Long, Michael Phelan, Kiki Smith, Julianne Swartz, Richard...More »
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"In Living Color" Exhibition
The exhibition presents a chromatic study from a wide range of artists including: Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Kristin Baker, Olaf Bruening, Dan Colen, Mark Grotjahn, Anselm Reyle, Gerhard Richter, Fred Tomaselli,...More »
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Richard Forster Exhibition
Richard Forster produces highly detailed pencil drawings presented in series, three of which are included in this exhibition: pastoral nudes, seascapes and 24 drawings of an archival video documenting...More »
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"Art²" Exhibition
The title of the exhibition, Art², refers to the use of a specific work of art in the visual language of an original work of art. Whether a literal transcription or a point of departure, the featured artists...More »
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Jane Hammond "Fallen"
Each leaf is unique, handmade by the artist, and inscribed by her with the name of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq. This exhibition at the FLAG Art Foundation begins with 4455 leaves. As a memorial,...More »
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"One, Another" Exhibition
Through painting, sculpture, photography and installation, One, Another explores coupling and interconnectedness in the realms of love, nature and spirituality. Historically one another is an abbreviation...More »
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Roni Horn "Double Mobius"
The exhibition, Double Mobius, includes a selection of works from Roni Horn's multi-disciplinary oeuvre of sculptures, works on paper, photography, and books. Horn's work often addresses issues of gender,...More »
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Gerhard Richter "Sinbad"
Gerhard Richter is one of the world's foremost artists. His work, developed over several decades, alternates between figurative and abstract approaches and intentionally defies stylistic categorization. ...More »
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Josephine Meckseper Exhibition
Josephine Meckseper employs window displays, vitrines, installations, photographs, films and magazines to draw a direct correlation to the way consumer culture defines subjectivity and sublimates the key...More »
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Cary Kwok "Obsession"
The collaboration of these creative visionaries produces a dynamic selection of works marked by technical precision emanating from obsession in relation to beauty, sex, and celebrity. The exhibition includes...More »
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"Going International" Exhibition
A group exhibition of twenty international artists working in video, painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, and installation, producing an eclectic blend of voices from around the world. The title...More »
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"SUMMER @ FLAG" Exhibition
Noriko Ambe - ARTISTS BOOKS, Linear-Actions Cutting Project FLAG logo- pronounced KIRU means cut in Japanese. This solo exhibition of New York based artist Noriko Ambe is comprised of a specific selection...More »
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"Size Does Matter" Exhibition
The FLAG Art Foundation presents "Size DOES Matter", curated by basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal. This exhibition includes works from international artists exploring the myriad ways that scale affects...More »
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"Floating a Boulder" Exhibition
"Floating a Boulder" is the first exhibition to focus on the works of Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Jim Hodges and the interrelations between the art and lives of these two prominent artists. Meditating upon...More »
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"Re-Accession: For Sale by Owner" Exhibition
Inspired by the fact that economic downturns can empower artists to connect with their oeuvre in a new way, "Re-Accession: For Sale By Owner" includes a cross section of emerging and more established New...More »
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"Vague Terrain: Analogues of Place in Contemporary Photography" Exhibition
While photography's unique capacity for fiction and distortion is something we now readily accept—even embrace—the persistent use of the medium to evoke fictive spaces has taken on its own critical currency....More »
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"Wall Rockets" Exhibition
The title of the exhibition refers to a painting completed in 2000 by Ed Ruscha, arguably one of the most innovative artists over the past four decades. WALL ROCKETS: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha...More »
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"Drawn Together" Pablic Viewing
Drawn Together features the eight artists that explore the possibilities of drawing.More »
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"Attention to Detail" Public Viewing
Whether it is through conceptual or technical precision, the deceptively lifelike nature of a hand-crafted image, a playful interpretation or distortion of a familiar object or the detailed appropriation...More »
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"Attentioin to Detail-Curated by Chuck Close" Exhibition
Whether it is through conceptual or technical precision, the deceptively lifelike nature of a hand-crafted image, a playful interpretation or distortion of a familiar object or the detailed appropriation...More »
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"Drawn Together" Exhibition
Drawn Together explores the possibilities of drawing. Dan Fischer aptly captures the relevance and the nature of the process in his reflection on the medium: "Throughout my life I have always thought of...More »
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"Attention to Detail" Exhibition - Public Viewing
Whether it is through conceptual or technical precision, the deceptively lifelike nature of a hand-crafted image, a playful interpretation or distortion of a familiar object or the detailed appropriation...More »
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"Drawn Together" Exhbition - Public Viewing
Dan Fischer aptly captures the relevance and the nature of the process in his reflection on the medium: "Throughout my life I have always thought of myself as a "drawer". I feel a true intimacy with the...More »