CINCINNATIâ An exhibition of
41 evocative paintings sparked an art world commotion in the late 1970s. Now, a reconstruction of the exhibition is coming to the Cincinnati Art Museum.
will be on view from March 12âJuly 11.
Not often does the chance come along to revisit a cultural event from our past and interpret it anew.
With the generous gift of intrepid art collectors Ronnie Levinson Shore and John Shore, the Cincinnati Art Museum has acquired 40 of the 41 paintings from the original
American Painting: The Eighties exhibition.
When the show debuted at New York Universityâs Grey Gallery in 1979, it touched off a critical and spirited debate about the nature and direction of painting in America.