Is it real? Lifelike invites a close examination of artworks based on commonplace objects and situations, which are startlingly realistic, often playful, and sometimes surreal. This international group exhibition features artists variously using scale, unusual materials, and sly contextual devices to reveal the manner in which their subjects’ “authenticity” is manufactured.
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LifelikeLifelike, works based on everyday objects invoked a dreamlike world, such as Charles Ray’s Bath (1989)—a liquid-filled sculpture embedded in the wall that elicits a feeling of hovering above it."
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Lifelike, works based on everyday objects invoked a dreamlike world, such as Charles Ray’s Bath (1989)—a liquid-filled sculpture embedded in the wall that elicits a feeling of hovering above it."
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