April
Art Highlights
Through 6/8- “OUT OF SHAPE: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection” at Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie— From the collection of Vicki (class of 1968) and Kent Logan, who have amassed one of the most important private collections of international contemporary art in the United States, this exhibition focuses on the work of artists who have used the portrait to explore issues of psychological identity as well as to reinvent figuration as a conceptual tool. In the work of such artists as Lisa Yuskavage, George Condo, Marc Quinn, Nicola Tyson, and Francesco Clemente, the human form takes on a radically expressive shape, while other artists such as Laylah Ali, Chris Ofili, John Currin, and Cecily Brown portray their human subjects with distinctive stylistic distortions. An exhibition lecture from a selected artist will be on Fr 4/25, 5 PM. Also in conjunction is a free film series on Thursday evenings on the lawn alongside the art center, featuring films in a similar vein of the exhibit: Freaks, Un Chien d' Andalou, Seconds, Pumping Iron, Dead Ringers, Being John Malkovich, and Talk to Her. Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, fllac.vassar.edu, 845.437.7404. Tu/We/Fr/Sa: 10 AM- 5 PM, Th: 10 AM- 9 PM, Su: 1-5 PM.
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