ROBERT VICKREY: MASTER OF MAGIC REALISM
Opening Reception: Friday, September 4 – 7:00 p.m. September 4 through November 4, 2015
(9am to 4 pm weekdays)
General Admission: Free melvingallery@flsouthern.edu
FSC is pleased to present the work of American master Robert Vickrey, one of the most celebrated magic realist artists of the twentieth century and perhaps the most storied artist to exhibit in the Melvin Art Gallery. Credited with helping to revive the Renaissance tradition of egg tempera painting, Vickrey infused his hyper-realist paintings with surreal atmospheres and dashes of fantasy. This retrospective exhibition seeks to unleash viewers’ imaginations as they are introduced – or for many, re-introduced – to Vickrey and his often uncanny familiar/unfamiliar painted worlds.
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