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WSJ Looks at Crystal Bridges’ ‘State of the Art’ Exhibit

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The Wall Street Journal writes this week on a new exhibit coming Saturday at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.

The exhibit is called “State of the Art: Discovering American Art,” and it features the work of 102 lesser-known American artists from throughout the country. The artists range from age 24 to 87, and the exhibit includes more than 200 canvas works, photographs, sculpture, videos and more.

From the Journal:

The exhibit, says Crystal Bridges’ president Don Bacigalupi, is a “massively diverse” selection of 227 works by 102 artists. He and assistant curator Chad Alligood traveled more than 100,000 miles to find them, making studio visits to nearly 1,000 artists, most known only locally if at all. They were looking for art that filled three criteria: virtuosity, engagement and appeal—hardly top concerns of artists who bask in the light of the Whitney Biennial or a Chelsea gallery.

The museum says the exhibition reaches beyond its temporary exhibition spaces, extending into the permanent collection galleries and areas indoors and out, occupying 19,000 SF.

We’ll know much more tomorrow after Crystal Bridges’ media preview. Above, a few photos of some of the works in the exhibit.

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