Parrish Art Museum

Past Exhibitions

All the More Real: Portrayals of Intimacy and Empathy
August 12–October 14, 2007

Loretta Lux (German, b. 1969)
Megumi, 2001
Ilfochrome print
11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
© 2007 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

All the More Real: Portrayals of Intimacy and Empathy considers the various strategies artists use to provoke or deflect an emotional response from the viewer. Composed of realist and hyperrealist imagery, the exhibition is not concerned with realism per se, rather it is focused on the drive behind realistic imagery: the effort to capture the essence of the thing itself.

Concentrating on major themes such as birth, childhood, intimacy and self-identity, All the More Real presents a range of responses to these experiences, from emotional expressionism to ironic detachment. By creating images and objects that appear to be even more real than the actual thing they represent, these artists reassert the ability of representational objects to convey authenticity, pathos, and in many cases, wonder and awe.

All the More Real is co-curated by artist Eric Fischl and Merrill Falkenberg, The Parrish Art Museum Robert Lehman Curator.

Artists in the exhibition include: Vito Acconci, Diane Arbus, Ross Bleckner, Louise Bourgeois, Chuck Close, James Croak, Emily Eveleth, Till Freiwald, Lucien Freud, Tom Friedman, Karel Funk, Tim Gardner, Tierney Gearon, Robert Gober, Joan Goldin, Jeff Hesser, Y.Z. Kami, Elizabeth King, Gustav Klimt, Loretta Lux, Alexandra Moore, Ron Mueck, Catherine Murphy, Alice Neel, Catherine Opie, Evan Penny, Jenny Saville, Egon Schiele, Claudette Schreuders, Joan Semmel, Cindy Sherman, Do Ho Suh and Cynthia Westwood.

The exhibition is accompanied by a 136-page full-color catalog that includes essays by Eric Fischl, Merrill Falkenberg, and John Haskell. Click here to purchase a copy today.

Click here to download a PDF of the exhibition Family Guide.

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