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Jul 3, 2024 · The sole woman among the original photorealists of the 1970s, Flack made enormous paintings plumbing personal and sociopolitical issues, stereotypes of womanhood and the transience of life.
Jul 7, 2024 · Audrey Flack was an American painter and sculptor whose choice of subject matter, including perfume bottles and photographs of prisoners in concentration camps, added a sociopolitical dimension to the Photo-realist movement. Her most famous pieces included Marilyn (Vanitas) and Wheel of Fortune (Vanitas).
Jul 2, 2024 · Flack’s work in Photorealism often involved creating large-scale still-life paintings based on her own photographs and news clippings. Her 1964 painting Kenndy Motorcade is frequently cited as one of her earliest examples of working in a Photorealist style.
Jul 1, 2024 · Painting from her own photographs, Flack created over-size still life paintings that often focused on feminine personal effects such as jewelry, makeup, and glassware, as well as religious artifacts.
Jul 2, 2024 · Flack was inspired by the Pop Art movement to embrace a new kind of figurative painting. She began taking photographs of everyday objects—which she processed herself in her studio’s bathroom—and painting directly from them.
Jul 3, 2024 · The pioneering Photorealist painter, sculptor and feminist image-maker Audrey Flack died on 28 June in Southhampton, New York. Her death was confirmed to the public by her former dealer and...
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6 days ago · In 1975, hers was the first Photorealist painting to enter the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Ms. Flack shifted to sculpture in the 1980s, “creating goddesses and women from...