“Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s presents a focused look at painting from this decade with works drawn entirely from the Museum’s collection.”
“The exhibition includes work by artists often identified with this explosive period—Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sherrie Levine, David Salle, and Julian Schnabel—as well as by several lesser-known painters. These artists explored the traditions of figuration and history painting, and offered new interpretations of abstraction…”
Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s
Until May 14, 2017
Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street, NYC
(Image: Ross Bleckner – “Count No Count”, 1989. Oil and wax on canvas)
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