The Reality of Abstraction: Painting in Utah, 1946-1996

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Published by Utah State University-Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, 1998

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The Reality of Abstraction: Painting in Utah, 1946-1996 Utah State University-Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art 1996 travelling exhibition The exhibition, The Reality of Abstraction: Painting in Utah, 1946-1996, has been carefully organized to show how Utah's painters responded to the clarion call and challenges of the exciting post World War II creativity. This exhibition chronicles the advent of abstraction in the state of Utah through the work of 35 painters and brings together carefully selected masterworks from public and private collections throughout the state. Modernist painters such as George Dibble, Lee Deffebach, David Dornan, Dale Fletcher, Peter Myer, Bonnie Phillips, Edie Robertson, Bonnie Sucec, and Douglas Snow challenged the orthodox criteria for representing reality. They sought to express ideas about the world around them through the process of painting that allowed their emotional, philosophical, and spiritual understanding to permeate their vision. The exhibition is a composite view of non-representational painting in Utah and was organized and developed by Ann Poore, who, as a writer for the Salt Lake Tribune, worked with many of the artists represented in the show. Pile-3. Seller Inventory # ABE-1666185550473

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Title: The Reality of Abstraction: Painting in Utah...

Publisher: Utah State University-Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition.