Sleight of Hand: Painting and Illusion, October 2, 2014 - February 22, 2015
New Wing, Second Floor, Central Skylight and South Metro A Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Real and HyperReal, January 30, 2010 - August 1, 2010, New Wing, First Floor, Gibson Family and Plaza Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Collection Highlights, November 2, 2002 - September 12, 2004, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Urban Invasion: Chester Arnold and James Doolin, July 28, 2001 - October 14, 2001, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Sleight of Hand: Painting and Illusion (2014-2015)

At the turn of the millennium, Chester Arnold found himself pondering the viability of realist painting in today’s world. While growing up in Munich, Arnold became fascinated by the illusionistic power of European realism. Ghosts is Arnold’s ironic and autobiographic reinterpretation of Caspar David Friedrich's Romantic masterpiece The Wreck of the Hope, 1824. Arnold has envisioned his own canvases like shards of ice in the frigid Arctic Ocean. He emulated Friedrich’s craft and composition but adapted the scene to portray his notion of his own treacherous and risky journey as an artist.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Real and HyperReal San Jose Museum of Art , 1/30/2010 - 8/1/2010

• Image Dimensions: 60 x 72 in. (152.4 x 182.88 cm)

This object has the following bibliographic references:

• Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA, 2004
  Page Number: 8-9

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