Audrey Flack’s Mirror Tricks and the Art of Seeing Twice in New York
Audrey Flack’s legacy isn’t just about painting what the camera sees—it’s about revealing what it can’t. Rising from the heart of New York’s art scene, Flack broke away from Abstract Expressionism’s wild gestures to embrace the meticulous world of Photorealism. Her canvases, often filled with shimmering lipsticks, tangled pearls, and newsprint, transformed everyday objects into grand, almost mythic icons.
Flack’s art didn’t stop at realism; she reimagined femininity, turning still lifes into meditations on power and vulnerability. In the 1980s, she shifted to sculpture, toppling the tradition of male-dominated monuments with golden goddesses and angels. Even as her style evolved into what she called “Post-Pop Baroque,” Flack’s work kept circling back to themes of resilience, myth, and the overlooked stories of women.
Her vision, now housed in major museums and soon at the Parrish Museum, proves that sometimes, the truest image is the one that looks twice.
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