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Installation view, Figurative Diaspora, New York Academy of Art, January 16–March 4, 2018. Artwork, left to right: © Vitaly Komar, © Xie Dongming, © Liu Xiadong, © Komar and Melamid, © Oleg Vassiliev, © Yu Hong. Photo: courtesy New York Academy of Art

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Figurative Diaspora

January 16–March 4, 2018
New York Academy of Art
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Curated by Mark Tansey and Peter Drake, dean of the New York Academy of Art, Figurative Diaspora presents works of “unofficial art”—subversive, non-state-sanctioned art—created by six Soviet artists and five contemporary Chinese artists. It is the first exhibition to trace the direct influences of the USSR on the artists of the People’s Republic of China.

Installation view, Figurative Diaspora, New York Academy of Art, January 16–March 4, 2018. Artwork, left to right: © Vitaly Komar, © Xie Dongming, © Liu Xiadong, © Komar and Melamid, © Oleg Vassiliev, © Yu Hong. Photo: courtesy New York Academy of Art

Richard Artschwager, Cerise, 2002 © 2015 Richard Artschwager/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Literary Devices

October 11, 2014–March 15, 2015
Fisher Landau Center for Art, New York
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Literary Devices, which comprises works representing text, literary themes, and books themselves, explores the tension between language and image. The exhibition features works by over forty artists, including Richard Artschwager, Gregory Crewdson, Neil Jenney, Donald Judd, Mike Kelley, Anselm Kiefer, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Mark Tansey, and Cy Twombly.

Richard Artschwager, Cerise, 2002 © 2015 Richard Artschwager/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Mark Tansey, Valley of Doubt, 1990 © Mark Tansey. Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art

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Legacy
The Emily Fisher Landau Collection

June 5–September 14, 2014
San José Museum of Art, California
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Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection presents a selection of works from the historic gift of art pledged to the Whitney in May 2010 by longtime museum trustee Emily Fisher Landau. The exhibition, which includes more than seventy works by thirty-eight artists, traces many of the ideas that have preoccupied artists in the United States, particularly since the 1960s. Questions about the relevance of painting in the aftermath of Minimalism, debates about representation, “culture wars,” and a revived interest in personal narratives are explored. This exhibition has traveled from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Work by Richard Artschwager, Gregory Crewdson, Willem de Kooning, Nan Goldin, Neil Jenney, Vera Lutter, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Mark Tansey, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol is included.

Mark Tansey, Valley of Doubt, 1990 © Mark Tansey. Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art

Mark Tansey, Duet, 2004 © Mark Tansey

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The Big Picture
Desiderio, Fischl, Rauch, Saville, Tansey

January 28–March 9, 2014
New York Academy of Art
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The Big Picture presents monumental canvases by five figurative artists—Vincent Desiderio, Eric Fischl, Neo Rauch, Jenny Saville, and Mark Tansey—who share a connection to the New York Academy of Art. The works included demand the viewer’s attention, making a statement that is at once grand in scale, conceptually ambitious, and specific to their moment.

Mark Tansey, Duet, 2004 © Mark Tansey

Installation view, Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, February 10–May 1, 2011. Artwork, left to right © Mark Tansey, © Ed Ruscha. Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art

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Legacy
The Emily Fisher Landau Collection

February 10–May 1, 2011
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection presents a selection of works from the historic gift of art pledged to the Whitney in May 2010 by longtime museum trustee Emily Fisher Landau. The exhibition, which includes works by fifty-three artists, traces many of the ideas that have preoccupied artists in the United States, particularly since the 1960s. Questions about the relevance of painting in the aftermath of Minimalism, debates about representation, “culture wars,” and a revived interest in personal narratives are explored. Work by Richard Artschwager, Gregory Crewdson, Willem de Kooning, Nan Goldin, Neil Jenney, Vera Lutter, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Mark Tansey, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol is included.

Installation view, Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, February 10–May 1, 2011. Artwork, left to right © Mark Tansey, © Ed Ruscha. Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art

Mark Tansey, Triumph of New York, 1984 © Mark Tansey

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Mark Tansey

May 5–July 17, 2005
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
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This exhibition is the first comprehensive show in Germany dedicated to Mark Tansey, who attracted international attention at Documenta 8 in 1987. It centers on seven new large-format paintings made between 2002 and 2004. Many preliminary studies—presented here for the first time—and a selection of works from the 1980s round out the exhibition, offering further insight into Tansey’s revelatory practice.

Mark Tansey, Triumph of New York, 1984 © Mark Tansey