Have these six figures stepped out of a painting or are we entering an imaginary artwork? Reality seems interchangeable. If we walk around the work, we encounter ourselves, as typical exhibition visitors, in the reflective Plexiglas. Kanovitz confronts us with our own behaviour and our ‘role’ in this space. In 1974, three of these cut-outs were included in Kanovitz’s solo exhibition at Hedendaagse Kunst-Utrecht, looking at a painting with life-size human portraits, including the artist himself. [text 2024]
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Have these six figures stepped out of a painting or are we entering an imaginary artwork? Reality seems interchangeable. If we walk around the work, we encounter ourselves, as typical exhibition visitors, in the reflective Plexiglas. Kanovitz confronts us with our own behaviour and our ‘role’ in this space. In 1974, three of these cut-outs were included in Kanovitz’s solo exhibition at Hedendaagse Kunst-Utrecht, looking at a painting with life-size human portraits, including the artist himself. [text 2024]
This object is now not on display in the museum
Title
The people (left)
Artist
Howard Kanovitz (Fall River, Masschusettes 1929 - 2009 New York City, New York)
Zie publicatie 'Piet Vermeulen. Schilder. Goede oogst' Zwolle (Waanders) 1993), p. 92 met afbeelding van schilderij van Piet Vermeulen, getiteld 'Hedendaagse Kunst Utrecht' waarop het schilderij "The People" van Kanovitz is afgebeeld.
Documentation
Amerikaans fotorealisme = Amerikanischer Fotorealisme = American Photorealism : de verzameling = die Sammlung = the collection: Museum Hedendaagse Kunst Utrecht, [tekst Wouter Kotte], (Utrecht, 1988), cat. nr. 21, p. 53, met afb. in kleur; p. 99
Amerikanischer Fotorealismus, Kat. Uwe M. Schneede, (Stuttgart, 1972), cat. nr. 31, p. 73, met afb. in kleur
Hedendaagse kunst-Utrecht : Zomertentoonstelling 1975, (Utrecht, 1975), cat. nr. 17, p. 10
Exhibitions
Op scherp - Fotorealisme nader bekeken, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2024
Reflet-Restitution, Abbaye Saint-André, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Meymac, 1993
Amerikaans fotorealisme. De verzameling Museum Hedendaagse Kunst Utrecht, Stadtmuseum Ratingen, Ratingen, 1988 - 1989
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