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This edition of 45 in Focus features nine artists working with the figure, expressed abstractly or realistically, in two or three dimensions. The figure is many things in these works. Figures tell a story of personal or cultural history in the works of Rina Banerjee and Rebecca Campbell. They serve as a bridge to art history’s long traditions, whether directly, as in Flora Yukhnovich’s vibrant riffs on 18th century painting or Leon Kossoff’s modern portraiture, or indirectly, seen in Matt Wedel’s tender ceramics. Artists turn to the figure for its deep connection to lived experience, but also as a beacon. Sarah Awad, Deborah Butterfield, and Dave McDermott all toe the line between figuration and abstraction, pulling their figures from the swirl of creation with deft hands. The figure also invites the viewer to inhabit the work, as Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin so subtly implies here.https://lalouver.com/viewing-rooms/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Nude-No-2-LK20-5-D-thumb-VR.jpg