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Still Life displays works associated with Photorealism—a movement compris- ing painters who took photography as their subject and sculptors who recreated the human body with surprising accuracy. A significant trend in art of the 1970s, Photorealism has sometimes been described since then as a more mechanical off- shoot of 1960’s Pop art. However, the works in Still Life make a compelling ar- gument that Photorealists captured life in the 1970s with a grittier honesty than has previously been acknowledged. These works have renewed relevance as the ability of photography to capture “the real” has undergone dramatic changes and continues to develop in unanticipated ways. Among the leading artists whose work is included in Still Life are Audrey Flack, Ralph Goings, Duane Hanson, Malcolm Morley, Ben Schonzeit and Idelle Weber. Nassau County Museum of Art presents Still Life: 1970s Photorealism through November 9, 2014. This exhibition was organized at the Yale Uni- versity Art Gallery by Cathleen Chaffee, now curator at the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. The museum will present a full schedule of related public programs that will serve to enhance and amplify the experience of the exhibition. For information, call (516) 484-9337 or log onto nassaumuseum.org/events * STILL LIFE: 1970 S PHOTOREALISM

ABOVE:

DUANE HANSON ((AMERICAN, 1925-1996))

MAN IN CHAIR WITH BEER,

1973

FIBERGLASS AND POLYESTER RESIN, OIL PAINT, AND MIXED MEDIA

GIFT OF RICHARD BROWN BAKER, B.A. 1935

BELOW:

RALPH LADELL GOINGS (AMERICAN, BORN 1928)

CAMPER,

1972

COLOR LITHOGRAPH

GIFT OF DR. AND MRS. SAMUEL S. MANDEL, M.D.

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