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Chester Arnold: Accumulation and Dispersal June 15 through August 11, 2013

Accumulation, Arnold

Chester Arnold
Accumulation
1998
Oil on linen

EntropicLandscape, Arnold

Chester Arnold
Entropic Landscape
1999
Oil on linen

HistoryofArt, Arnold

Chester Arnold
History of Art
2001
Oil on linen

March, Arnold

Chester Arnold
March of the Avant Garde
1989
Oil on linen

MassAppeal, Arnold

Chester Arnold
Mass Appeal
2004
Oil on linen

TheFall, Arnold

Chester Arnold
The Fall
2009
Oil on linen

Exhibition Overview

As evidence of an artistic ambition and moral commitment to the human experiment, these paintings celebrate living and art-making and accumulating in a most visible and accessible way while juxtaposing the complexity, ingenuity, and wastefulness of modern civilization.