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Nicole Eisenman\u2019s monumental painting \u2018The Abolitionists in the Park<\/a>\u2019 at Hauser & Wirth Gallery<\/a> in late spring\/early summer was a highlight of Chelsea gallery tours; you can see it again in the Met Museum\u2019s permanent collection, a recent acquisition thanks to the Green Family Art Foundation Gift.\u00a0 At over 10 feet tall, it towers over visitors, inviting us into a scene of protesters gathered outside City Hall in downtown Manhattan during the summer of 2020.\u00a0 Featuring an array of characters, from figures in shades of blue eating pizza to an entirely red-toned figure lounging in front, Eisenman meets and disrupts expectations of large-scale history painting while taking the genre up to the present moment. (On view in the Mezzanine gallery).<\/p>\n

Nicole Eisenman, The Abolitionists in the Park, oil on canvas, 127 x 105 inches, 2020-22.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nicole Eisenman\u2019s monumental painting \u2018The Abolitionists in the Park\u2019 at Hauser & Wirth Gallery in late spring\/early summer was a highlight of Chelsea gallery tours; you can see it again in the Met Museum\u2019s permanent collection, a recent acquisition thanks to the Green Family Art Foundation Gift.\u00a0 At over 10 feet tall, it towers over … <\/p>\n

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