Center For the Arts

Center for the Arts

Wesleyan University
283 Washington Terrace
Middletown, CT 06459

860-685-3355
cfa@wesleyan.edu

Center for the Arts

A New Subjectivity: Figurative Painting After 2000

Tuesday January 30, 2018 - Sunday March 4, 2018

Main Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery 
283 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
NEW Extended Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Noon–7pm
Wednesday–Sunday, Noon–5pm
FREE! Open to the public.

Guest Curator Jason Stopa Visiting Assistant Professor, Fine Arts, Pratt Institute

$_SerializerTool.serialize(${title}, true)Liz Markus, "Celine," 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 72 x 60 inches.


A New Subjectivity: Figurative Painting after 2000,
an exhibition composed entirely of paintings by women, attempts to categorize Expressionism in new terms. Referencing cartoons, fashion spreads, and personal narratives, the artists address the fragmentation of individual subjectivity in a technological world. The new figuration is thereby performative, rather than prescriptive, and both absurd and sincere approaches to the subject matter are embraced by the artists. The exhibition features works by Gina Beavers, Katherine Bernhardt, Katherine Bradford, Jackie Gendel, Liz Markus, and Rose Wylie.

Opening Reception - Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 4:30pm (remarks by Guest Curator Jason Stopa at 5pm), Main Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, FREE! Open to the public.

Guided Exhibition Tour - Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 1pm, Main Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, FREE! Open to the public.

Exhibition Walk-Through - Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 4:30pm, Main Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, FREE! Open to the public.

Guided Exhibition Tour - Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 1pm, Main Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, FREE! Open to the public.

Guided Exhibition Tour - Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 1pm, Main Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, FREE! Open to the public.

Guided Exhibition Tour - Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 1pm, Main Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, FREE! Open to the public.

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