Beyond the Mountains: The Contemporary American Landscape
Completed
Dec 2, 1999 – Feb 13, 2000
The representation of landscape and nature has been a central theme since the beginnings of painting in America. This assembly of contemporary paintings showed a broad range of styles from abstract to realistic. . Featuring: Richard Bosman, Rackstraw Downes, Alex Katz, Nancy Mitchnik, Catherine Murphy, Katherine Porter, Ed Ruscha, Wayne Thiebaud, Gregory Amenoff, Ken Aptekar, Richard Artschwager, Roger Brown, Jane Dickson, David Kapp, Alex Katz, Kathryn Lynch, Sarah McEneaney, Nancy Mitchnik, Robert Moskowitz, Catherine Murphy, Dona Nelson, Ellen Phelan, Jason Phillips, Paul Resika, Glen Rubsamen, Joan Snyder, MIchelle Staurt, Helen Miranda Wilson, Robin Winters.
With accompanying lecture "Contemporary Representations of the City in French Literature" by Richard H. Watts, Professor of French & Italian, Tulane University