Devoted to the surprising and diverse tradition of nested imagery, Pictures of Pictures explores the ingenious way in which artists create one picture within another. Open through 10/10/2010.

Drawn from the Museum’s collections, the fifty objects in this exhibition include prints, photographs, collages, paintings, and sculptures, and span centuries, ranging from a seventeenth–century Alsatian still-life of precious objects to a Japanese woodblock print of a merchant and his painted fans. The exhibition also casts fresh light on the postmodern practice of appropriation by placing classics of the genre side-by-side with their inspiration. Pictures of Pictures, with its examination of paintings of paintings, sculptures of sculptures, drawings of drawings, and photographs of photographs, comes together to offer an experience that is at once witty and profound.

Princeton University Art Museum Princeton, NJ 08544 609-258-3788
OPEN Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Image: Chinese, Modern period, 1912–present
Wang Ruihui
Grandparents and Grandchildren Before a Portrait of Mao
Gouache on paper, 57 x 43.2 cm.
Museum purchase
[2003-28] (Photo: Bruce M. White)

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