Rebecca Campbell, Unwritten: Dylan (No escrito: Dylan) (detail), 2004. Oil on canvas. Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan in honor of Sara Cochran, Modern and Contemporary Art Curator, Phoenix Art Museum 2008-2013.
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Figural Variations

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Figural Variations explores how American artists have interpreted the human form through various artistic styles.

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ABOUT THE INSTALLATION

The human figure is one of the most popular subjects in art, depicted by painters, sculptors, photographers, and others throughout history.  Capturing the curves, shadows, and nuances of the human form is also one of the most fundamental skills learned by art students in their training.

Lorser Feitelson, Love: Eternal Recurrence (Amor: recurrencia eterna), 1935-1936. Oil on canvas. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lorenz Anderman. © The Feitelson/Lundeberg Art Foundation, Orange, Calif.

Lorser Feitelson, Love: Eternal Recurrence (Amor: recurrencia eterna), 1935-1936. Oil on canvas. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lorenz Anderman. © The Feitelson/Lundeberg Art Foundation, Orange, Calif. (Header) Rebecca Campbell, Unwritten: Dylan (No escrito: Dylan) (detail), 2004. Oil on canvas. Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan in honor of Sara Cochran, Modern and Contemporary Art Curator, Phoenix Art Museum 2008-2013.

Marcia Marcus, Self Portrait at MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire (Autorretrato en la Colonia MacDowell, Nuevo Hampshire), 1969. Oil on canvas. Gift of American Academy of Arts and Letters Childe Hassam Fund. © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Figural Variations illuminates the ways American artists through the centuries have interpreted the human figure in painted portraits and self-portraits. These works, drawn from the collection of Phoenix Art Museum, portray a broad range of subjects in various artistic styles.

Featured paintings include those by Marcia Marcus, Sylvia Sleigh, Lorser Feitelson, and Arthur B. Carles. Also included is a work by Japanese-American artist Miné Okubo.

IMAGE CREDIT

Marcia Marcus, Self Portrait at MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire (Autorretrato en la Colonia MacDowell, Nuevo Hampshire), 1969. Oil on canvas. Gift of American Academy of Arts and Letters Childe Hassam Fund. © 2022 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

INSTALLATION SPONSORS

Figural Variations is organized by Phoenix Art Museum. It is made possible through the generosity of Western Art Associates Endowment For Western American Art and Mabel Woodyard Endowment for American Art, with additional support from the Museum’s Circles of Support and Museum Members.

EXHIBITIONS

On view for a limited time, exhibitions present art from across the centuries and the globe, from iconic fashion to Old Master paintings, contemporary photography to historical objects of Asia.

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COLLECTIONS

Featuring more than 20,000 objects, the collection spans the globe, bringing the world to our city, and our city to the world.

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ARIZONA ARTIST AWARDS

Since 1986, Phoenix Art Museum has awarded more than $350,000 to over 200 Arizona-based artists through two annual artist awards opportunities.

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