November 29 through December 31 
Parmelee and Limric Galleries

Uncanny Valley: Magic Realism in Vermont

In the introduction to the catalog for the Museum of Modern Art’s 1943 exhibition, Realism and Magic Realism, their Director/Curator Alfred H. Barr, Jr. noted that “Magic Realism” is “a term sometimes applied to the work of painters who by means of an exact realistic technique try to make plausible and convincing their improbable, dream-like, or fantastic vision.” Next year, the Museum’s major summer/fall exhibition “Green Mountain Magic: Uncanny Realism in Vermont” takes that 1943 MoMA exhibit as its inspiration, featuring the work of a handful of artists featured in that exhibit who had Vermont ties (Ivan Albright, John Atherton, Vanessa Helder, and Patsy Santo), as well as other artists with Vermont ties who would go on to be considered “Magic Realists” (John Semple, Pavel Tchelitchew, George Tooker, etc.).Participating Artists:Michael Abrams, Gail Boyajian, Laura Christensen, Vanessa Compton, Lauren Levato Coyne, Katie Cleaver, Joshua Field, Mike Glier, Dylan Hausthor, Marcy Hermansader, Zack Horn, Mark Jager, Judith Klausner, Jennifer McCandless, Madalyn Olson, Leslie Parke, Eve Pearce, Rachel Portesi, Rhonda Ratray, Tim Secord, Ross Sheehan, Stacy Sherman, Jill VanOrden, Lee Williams, Susan Wilson