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Unrepentant Ego: the Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras.


WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City, founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. It was an outgrowth of the Whitney Studio (1914–18), the Whitney Studio Club (1918–28), and the Whitney Studio Galleries (1928–30).  

A lot of isms have followed each other in American art American art, the art of the North American colonies and of the United States. There are separate articles on American architecture, North American Native art, pre-Columbian art and architecture, Mexican art and architecture, Spanish colonial art and architecture,  over the past four-plus decades--the duration of Lucas Samaras's career--and I've yet to read anything that catalogued him permanently hi any one of them. His work is too individual and too various, but it manages the neat trick of suffusing its variety with its individuality individuality,
n collective characteristics or traits that distinguish one person or thing from all others.
: Samaras Samaras is the name of:
  • Adonis Samaras (1951-), a Greek politician
  • Antonis Samaras (1951-), a Greek politician
  • Georgios Samaras (1985-), a Greek footballer
  • Kosmos Samaras, an Australian political activist
 is always recognizably Samaras. Of course, he cheats a little: His individuality is often on show in the most literal way, in that his art is full of self-portraits. The Whitney show, curated by Maria Prather, is the first retrospective to focus on this aspect of his work. It will feature sculptures, drawings, paintings, and photographs, about 300 of them altogether, all self-reflective--"unrepentant ego" indeed. Nov. 13--Feb. 8.
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Title Annotation:Whitney Museum of American Art; New York
Author:Frankel, David
Publication:Artforum International
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Sep 1, 2003
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