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The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984
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Paul McMahon (American, b. 1950)
Untitled (Nixon), 1974
Pastel on newspaper page; 5 13/16 x 9 7/16 in. (14.7 x 23.9 cm)
Collection of the artist
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McMahon's pastels were greeted quizzically by Conceptual artists of the previous generation, who tried to expunge systematically all traces of recognizable imagery and discrete media from their work (pastel may be seen as one of the most elite and rarefied). That he was covering over the kind of raw information that Conceptualism valorized was seen as equally perplexing, but under the veil of Pop humor and irony lay an important shift back to an emphasis on the image and its presentation that can be compared to Jack Goldstein's short color films (also on view in the exhibition).
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