Figuration/Abstraction: Highlights from the Collection

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Event has passed (Wed Nov 11, 2015 - Sun Sep 25, 2016)
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One of the questions posed by "Figuration/Abstraction" is this: "Isn’t all art an abstraction of what it represents, to a greater or lesser degree?" Look closely at Roger Shimomura’s portrait of a lady in Lush Life #2. A veiled woman stands on lava red ground underneath a dusky pink sky. The landscape is recognizable, not as a representation of an actual place, but in a universe of its own making. In this sense, figuration isn't divorced from abstraction: the content is just more readily recognizable. The cubists, of course, are front and center here, as well as Bay Area favorite Richard Diebenkorn. (JE)

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Cantor Arts Center
328 Lomita Dr
Palo Alto, CA
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  1. Cantor Arts Center
    328 Lomita Dr, Palo Alto, CA