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Plain Airs features contemporary and conceptual artists from across the country working in new ways with realism and representationalism. As a response to exhibits featuring traditional plein air paintings and highly rendered portraits, this showcase pushes the notions on what realism can be, and explores our perspective of reality through a cluster of distinctive artistic lenses. Expect dynamic interplay between the real world and imagined/constructed realities, new takes on age-old techniques, and a fresh focus on the place of realism in today’s art world in this well-rounded and engaging exhibition.

Artists: Brent Owens, Rimas Simaitis, Chris Thorson, Benjamin Rogers, Joe Sinness, Hans Gindlesberger, Anna Kell, Cynthia Gregory, Thom Sawyer, Melanie Vote, Alice Valenti, and Tamie Beldue.