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Audrey Flack

Audrey Flack

1931
SculpturePhotorealismPhotographyRealism
Representation
None documented
1
Institutional Exhibitions
7
Works in Collection
13
Assets Indexed
5
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Cultural Positioning

Movements
  • • Photorealism
  • • Photography
  • • Realism
  • • Hyperrealism
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints: Acquisitions, 1973�1976
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976–1977
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Why this artist matters now

Audrey Flack was an American sculptor and painter who pioneered photorealism, a genre defined by meticulous rendering of photographic source material at monumental scale. Working across painting, printmaking, sculpture, and photography, she elevated commercial imagery and everyday objects into subjects of formal and emotional intensity. Her approach challenged the boundary between fine art and mass culture by treating consumer goods, cosmetics, and domestic arrangements with the precision of classical still life.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
Photorealism
Medium
Sculpture
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Artworks (7)

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Images

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Audrey Flack (Wikipedia)
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Movements and affiliations

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Photorealism
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Realism
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Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionPrints: Acquisitions, 1973�1976
New York · 1976