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New York – Nicole Eisenmann: “AL-UGH-ORIES” at the New Museum Through June 26th, 2016

Monday, June 27th, 2016

Nicole Eisenman, Under The Table 2 (2014), via Art Observed
Nicole Eisenman, Under The Table 2 (2014), via Art Observed

On view through this past weekend at the New Museum, painter Nicole Eisenman was showing a striking exhibition of pieces on the third floor, spanning the artist’s output over the past several decades, and underscoring her impressive creative investigations into the modes of sculpture and painting.

Nicole Eisenman, Hanging Man (2016),via Art Observed
Nicole Eisenman, Hanging Man (2016),via Art Observed

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New York – Nicole Eisenman at Anton Kern Through June 25th, 2016

Sunday, June 19th, 2016

Nicole Eisenman, Weeks on the Train (2015), via Art Observed
Nicole Eisenman, Weeks on the Train (2015), via Art Observed

Blurring together vastly divergent styles, historical epochs and scenes, painter Nicole Eisenman’s work has defined itself as some of the era’s most stylistically inventive, moving from hyper-stylized abstraction and almost absurdist arrangements through to impeccably rendered portraiture and often lyrical arrangements of figures in space.  Offering a counterpoint to the artist’s current exhibition at the New Museum, Anton Kern is currently playing home to a series of new works by the artist, underscoring the artist’s ever-changing stylistic approaches, and aesthetic interpretation of image-making in the 21st Century.

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