Dates:
June 29 - September 30, 2012, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
October 25, 2012 - May 12, 2013, San Jose Museum of Art

Location:
Fisher Brooks Gallery, Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building

Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting showcases 145 works of art, including 50 working photographs and 14 paintings from 1979 to the present. The exhibition is accompanied by a constellation of related studies in various media, most of which have never before been made available for public viewing and provide a revealing look into the painter’s provocative visual intelligence. Together these works illustrate Fischl’s process as a synthesis of astute observation and interpretation.

Curators: Harry Philbrick, Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum at PAFA, and Jodi Throckmorton, Associate Curator at the San Jose Museum of Art

Above: Woman Surrounded by Dogs, 1979-80, Oil on linen, 65 x 96 inches, Hall Art Foundation

Gallery Talk:

Sponsors:
PAFA is grateful to The Andrew J. and Christine C. Hall Foundation, Inc., Barbara and Ted Aronson, and Waqas Wajahat for their generous support of this exhibition.

PAFA's special exhibitions in 2012-13 are supported by generous contributions from Max N. Berry, Esq.,  Mr. and Mrs. James C. Biddle, Donald and Linda Caldwell, Jonathan L. Cohen, and Lori Levine Ordover and Janusz Ordover.

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’ public programs are funded in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency).

General operating support provided, in part, by 

In the Artist's Studio: Eric Fischl in Conversation

September 29, 5:30 p.m.
Pre-registration is required. Free to members, $15 for the public.
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Join PAFA’s Museum Director, Harry Philbrick, and artist Eric Fischl for a conversation about painting and process. Fischl’s paintings of suburban scenes, often with connotations of transgression and social privilege, are accompanied by a constellation of studies, photographs, maquettes and other source material in PAFA’s current installation. This conversa- tion between director and artist explores both sides of the creative process – the observations and interpretations of the artist and the viewing experience of the audience.

Saint Tropez (1982-1988), 1990, Dye transfer photograph, 16 x 20 inches, Hall Collection

Untitled, 1986, Pencil on manila folder, 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches, Courtesy of the artist

Study for a Brief History of North Africa, 1985, Oil on paper, 24 x 35 inches, Courtesy of the artist

A Brief History of North Africa, 1985, Oil on linen, 88 x 120 inches, Collection: Mary Boone, New York, Courtesy of Mary Boone Gallery, New York