CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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Grand Gallery
Arnaldo Roche-Rabell.
We Have to Eat, 1986.
Oil on canvas, 84 x 60 in. Collection of Jack Kubiliun.
© Arnaldo Roche-Rabell, courtesy of Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan
Paint Made Flesh
October 25, 2009–January 3, 2010
in the Grand Gallery
This exhibition brings together 34 powerful American and European works, all created since the 1950s, that explore the biological, psychological or spiritual volatility of the human figure. The works, by such painters as Georg Baselitz, Hyman Bloom, Willem de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Lucien Freud, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso, Jenny Saville and Julian Schnabel, employ a wide range of painterly effects to suggest the carnal properties of human flesh, as well as its metaphorical significance. MAG is one of only three tour stops for this show.
Paint Made Flesh has been organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.
This exhibition is made possible in Rochester by Victoria and William Cherry, with additional support from the George D. and Freida B. Abraham Foundation, the Herdle-Moore Fund and an anonymous donor.
Hear NPR's review of Paint Made Flesh in its Phillips Collection venue. Artnet.com lists Paint Made Flesh in its twenty top shows.
Listen to our cellphone audio tour or read transcripts.
