(Exhibition Text)
Life in contemporary times has thrust us into the city. We spend so much of our time surrounded by buildings and sidewalks and automobiles that we start to think that this world is all there is, or is natural for us to live in. Life has a way of breaking through our constructed reality and reminding us otherwise, and these artists have noticed that.
There are Henri Matisse's simplified paintings of Euorpean cities and people, Jeff Wall's often harsh view of the reality of city life, David Hockney's eclectic but lively and hyperreal paintings and collages, Henri Cartier-Bresson's iconic black and white photographs of a barren-yet-hopeful world, and Martin Lewis' stark portrayals of New York City from every angle. These artists have shown us here how, given the opportunity, life will find its way into our world, whether in the form of people or plants, and restore beauty to our surroundings.
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