On view February 3 – April 6, 2017
Opening Reception Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 | 6-8 p.m.

Inspired by the 17th century Nicolas Poussin painting of the same name, Et in Arcadia Ego is translated to mean: “Even in Arcadia, there am I,” alluding to the inevitable impermanence of the ideal. The exhibition will explore the timeless myth of Arcadia as it has been represented by artists and writers, employing concepts such as: the sublime, the paradox of living, beauty and longing, paradise lost, and the golden hour. Et in Arcadia Ego explores these themes as they are reinterpreted and reinvented through the eyes of contemporary artists.

Artists featured in the exhibition work consistently with these Arcadian themes in figurative and landscape painting, exploring what it means to be human in the temporal world while standing on the precipice to the next. Artists include: Agostino Arrivabene, Sandow Birk, Seamus Conley, Julie Heffernan, Kim Keever, Maria Kreyn, Brad Kunkle, Holly Lane, David Ligare, David Molesky, Odd Nerdrum, Gillian Pederson-Krag, Stephanie Peek, Nicolas Poussin, Astrid Preston, Aron Wiesenfeld, Robin F. Williams, and Jason Yarmosky.

This exhibition was curated by David Molesky, Lisa Coscino, and Marianne McGrath and organized in conjunction with the New Museum Los Gatos.

Image: David Ligare, Et in Arcadia Ego, oil on linen, 40 x 48 inches, 2016. Courtesy of the artist.

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