Richard Finkelstein: A Bunch of lonesome heroes at the Robert Mann Gallery
Robert Mann Gallery presents “A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes” by Richard Finkelstein. Constructing elaborate, atmospheric pictures of miniature dioramas, Finkelstein produces images infused with impressive emotional intensity. The images offer visual trickery as the viewer oscillates between interpreting them as real world settings and seeing them as artificial constructions. The artist’s employment of the solitary figure seen from behind, the lonesome hero, as he contemplates the sublime landscape before him is an art historical trope that emerged in the 19th […]
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