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This exhibition brings together 34 powerful American and European works, all created since the 1950s, that explore the biological, psychological or spiritual volatility of the human figure. The works, by such painters as Georg Baselitz, Hyman Bloom, Willem de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Lucien Freud, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso, Jenny Saville and Julian Schnabel, employ a wide range of painterly effects to suggest the carnal properties of human flesh, as well as its metaphorical significance. MAG is one of only three tour stops for this show.

Paint Made Flesh has been organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.

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Paint Made Flesh

Künstler: Georg Baselitz, Hyman Bloom, Willem De Kooning, Eric Fischl, Lucian Freud, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso, Jenny Saville, Julian Schnabel ...