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Francesco Clemente, “Fifty One Days on Mount Abu: XIII, Tapas,” 1995, watercolor on handmade paper, collection of Vicki and Kent Logan, fractional and promised gift to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. ©Francesco Clemente.

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Richard Phillips, “Mirror,” 1998, charcoal and white chalk on paper, collection of Vicki and Kent Logan. ©Richard Phillips.

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‘OUT OF SHAPE’ OPENS MARCH 14 AT FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB CENTER w/2 cuts

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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Today, the body one is born with is no longer a “fixed” entity. In today’s appearance-obsessed society, people can change the physical contours of their bodies in a myriad of ways. Now, a bold new exhibition at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center will explore the modern human form as it is imaged — by contemporary artists.

On view March 14–June 9, “Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection” is drawn from one of the most prominent private collections of international contemporary art in the United States. Many of the artists whose works Vicki (Vassar Class of 1968) and Kent Logan have collected are known for depictions of the human form that explore issues of psychological identity, and that reinvent figuration as a conceptual tool.

Exhibitions of works from the Logan collection have previously been organized by and presented at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Denver Art Museum, the Aspen Art Museum and the Victoria H. Myhren Gallery at the University of Denver. “Out of Shape” is the first exhibition of the Logan collection to highlight the theme of figurative distortion and focus exclusively on the works on paper in the collection.

Thirty-five works on paper by 27 artists are presented, many of which have not been displayed publicly since they entered the Logan collection.

“The works in this exhibition reflect some of the universal anxieties that plague the human conditions, and speak to the fragility of life,” said Mary-Kay Lombino of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, who curated “Out of Shape” in collaboration with the Logans.

Various themes and concerns explored by the artists include gender, social and ethnic identity perception of the self; distortions of scale; use of cartoon or highly stylized imagery; using the superhero image; revisiting the Surreal figure; composite images of fictional characters; emotionally charged faces and form; a twisted notion of reality that reflects a dark world view; images of the human form moving through time and space; and the spirit of neoexpressionism.

A lecture with one of the featured artists will take place Friday, April 25, at 5 pm.

Two of the broad categories that emphasize the collecting strategies of the Logans are figurative expressionism, including art with the figures as the subject matter; and conceptual realism, with work by artists who address conceptual art through the frame work of realism.

The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is at 124 Raymond Avenue. For information http://fllac.Vassar.edu, or 845-437-5632.