Art And Illusion: Selections From The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Date: August 21, 2004 – October 24, 2004
Curated By: Billie Milam Weisman
Venue: Pepperdine University, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90263
(310) 506-4851
Exhibited Artists:
Joon-Sung Bae, Henrietta Barkham, Charles Bell, Troy Brauntuch, Scott Brennan, Roger Brown, Louisa Chase, James Cobb, John Matos CRASH, DAZE, Yrjo Edelmann, Sush Machida Gaikotsu, Michael Gallagher, Jedd Garet, Candice Gawne, Anthony Green, George D. Green, Red Grooms, Howard Kanovitz, Kang-Yong Kim, Christopher Le Brun, Judith Linhares, Mitsuko Miwa, Daniel Oates, Martin Peregrina, Rodney Ripps, Ed Ruscha, David Ryan, Masaaki Sato, Christoph Schmidberger, Richard Sigmund, Mark Sparks, Michael Speaker, Keung Szeto, Christopher Taggart, Tony Tasset, Nicole Tran Ba Vang, Banks Violette, Russell Vogt, Christian Ward, Marijke van Warmerdam, Rob Wynne, Robert Yarber, and Masoud Yasami.
Art And Illusion: Selections From The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
"Works of art are not mirrors, but they share with mirrors that elusive magic of transformation which is so hard to put into words." —E.H. Gombrich
The rise of abstract art did not eliminate illusion. Instead, artists began to utilize elements of both realist and nonobjective art to explore painting's role in representing the world. The works in this exhibition run the gamut from Photorealism to Graffiti Art. They explore the relationship of how painting can address and compete with our ever-expanding visual world.