Exhibitions, Fall 2008

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Gabriel Laderman: Unconventional Realist
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Gabriel Laderman
Unconventional Realist
August 15 - October 12

		Gabriel Laderman, American, b.1929 View of Florence, 1962-63 Oil on canvas, 49 3⁄4 x 70 inches Collection of Gabriel Laderman Photograph courtesy of the artist
		Gabriel Laderman, American, b. 1929 Still Life #5, 1970 Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 inches Collection of Gabriel Laderman Photograph by D. James Dee

Co-organized by the U.Va. Art Museum and the Museum of Art of the University of New Hampshire

Born in Brooklyn in 1929, Gabriel Laderman is considered a founding father of post-modern figuration. Four decades of Laderman's development as an artist working with still life, landscape, and narrative are examined in this exhibition. One of the first painters to reject both the conventions of abstract expressionism and collage, Laderman emerged as a key figure in the blossoming of new realism in the 1960s and 1970s. His essays in Artforum and ArtNews called for artists to develop a wide knowledge of pictorial traditions. Laderman's marriage of abstract structure and perceptual representation influenced such artists as William Bailey, Rackstraw Downes, and Paula Rego.

The exhibition is curated by David Carbone, Lincoln Perry, and Langdon Quin and is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with an essay by Perry.

Both the exhibition and accompanying catalogue were made possible by generous gifts from the U.Va. Art Museum Volunteer Board, Allison and Donald Innes, Richard and Melissa Spurzem, Ruth Cross, Arts$, an anonymous donor, and the Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco.

Opening Reception
& Curators' Talk
by Lincoln Perry and David Carbone

Friday, September 12,
4-5 pm, Museum members,
5-7 pm, general public
In the Museum

Lunchtime Talk
by Andrea Douglas, curator of collections and exhibitions

Tuesday, September 16, 12 pm
In the Museum