Nancy Dwyer "Paintings & Sculpture, 1982-2012"
Fisher Landau Center For Art
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Fisher Landau Center for Art presents an exhibition exploring a wide range of Nancy Dwyer’s artwork in two and three dimensions, created over the last 30 years. Known as a founding member of the Pictures Generation, coined after the seminal “Pictures” exhibition in 1977 at Artists Space, Dwyer has refined a conceptual practice that questions the way media infiltrates our daily lives through the icons of language, gesture and implied meaning. Installed throughout the public spaces of the Center, the survey offers the viewer a sequential experience beginning at the outdoor entrance, leading through the lobby and
continuing up the stairwell to the 3rd floor exhibition space and conference room. Artwork from the Center’s holdings is supplemented by work from Nancy Dwyer’s personal collection, creating a visual timeline highlighting the interplay of recurring motifs, as they transform from the painted surface to objects in space.
Born in New York City in 1954, Dwyer's artistic training took place throughout the region at Empire State College’s Studio Program, SUNY Buffalo’s Fine Arts Program and most recently at NYU where she received a Master’s Degree in Interactive Communication. In the early 1980s, Dwyer came into prominence alongside Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo, Sherrie Levine and Richard Prince. She has exhibited internationally since the outset of her career and was included in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 1987 Biennial.
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from January 18, 2013 to April 07, 2013