WOMAN: THE ART OF GASTON LACHAISE’ AT NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER NOV. 17

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DALLAS, TEXAS — The Nasher Sculpture Center will present “Woman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise” November 17–February 17. Featuring more than 40 sculptures, including eight monumental works, drawn from the collection of the Lachaise Foundation, “Woman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise” will present the full scope of the artist’s sculptural production and highlights his idealized vision of the female form. This is the first major museum retrospective of the artist’s work to be shown in Texas.

Transcendent, beatific and powerful, the female figures in “Woman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise” reflect his admiration for ancient Egyptian, Hindu and pre-Columbian sculptures of female deities.

His sculptures of the mythical “Woman,” robust, sensual and curvaceous, drew praise for modernizing the concept of the ancient idol. Many of his time found them shocking, and many of the sculptures on view here were not cast during his lifetime because the artist viewed them as too scandalous to be shown in public. Much of his art was not shown until the 1960s and even then the public was surprised by his radical and dramatic portrayal of the female form.

A lavishly illustrated color catalog, Gaston Lachaise 1882–1935, accompanies the exhibition.

The Nasher Sculpture Center is at 2001 Flora Street. For information, 214-242-5100 or www.nashersculpturecenter.org