ongoing
Figuration
Representative work: by Dan Flavin
A persistent return to the human body, face, and social world as the primary subject of painting and drawing — resisting both pure abstraction and photographic literalism.
80 artists in the WattsOS database
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Associated Artists
Exhibitions
Key Exhibitions
Exhibitions featuring Figuration artists.
Gerhard Richter: Landschaften
David Zwirner
May 2026 – Jul 2026
1 artist from this movement
Flavin, Judd, McCracken, Ryman, Sandback
David Zwirner
Mar 2026 – May 2026
1 artist from this movement
New Humans: Memories of the Future
New Museum
Mar 2026
1 artist from this movement
Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Aug 1989 – Nov 1989
1 artist from this movement
Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Apr 1989 – Aug 1989
1 artist from this movement
The Drawings of Philip Guston
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Sep 1988 – Nov 1988
1 artist from this movement
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Related Movements
Movements that share artists with Figuration.
Movement
- Name
- Figuration
- Period
- ongoing
- Artists
- 80
- Wikidata
- Q3068464
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