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Knowing and Naming: Abstraction Beyond Reality

Presented by The Westmoreland Museum of American Art at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg PA

May 29 2022
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Sep 25 2022
Knowing and Naming: Abstraction Beyond Reality

Knowing and Naming on view at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

The concept of taking something nonrepresentational and naming it after something “real” unites the works in Knowing and Naming: Abstraction Beyond Reality.

On view in the Post-1950s Gallery

For over a century, artists have turned to both materials and abstraction—and away from “realism”—to comprehend the nature of reality. The concept of taking something nonrepresentational and naming it after something “real” unites the works in Knowing and Naming: Abstraction Beyond Reality. In each case, meaning is complicated, expanded, or deepened by the work’s title. Though they reference time, travel, spirituality, and vision, in the end, ... view more »

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