Never Normal
Painter Walter Robinson’s renderings of present-day catalogue spreads from Macy’s, JC Penney, Target and Land’s End—which are up through this Sunday at New York’s LYNCH THAM gallery—feel at first like memories of a bygone America, one populated by nuclear families and un-jaded summer interns. But look closer at the beatifically plastic faces and maniacally folded flannel and this normcore utopia begins to feel more like an America that never was.
“Figure Studies” is on view through July 13 at New York’s LYNCH THAM, 175 Rivington Street.
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Target D-Signed and Shaun White, 2014. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Lands’ End Men’s Long Sleeve Flannel, 2013. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Target Dresses Cardis and Wedge Sandals, 2013. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Lands’ End Swimming in Confidence, 2014. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Lands’ End Friends and Family, 2014. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Sun Surf and Style the Swim Tee Ride the Wave, 2014. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Untitled (Lands’ End Odalisque), 2014. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Long Sleeve Plaid, 2014. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Lands’ End Swim, 2014. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Lands’ End Boots from $25, 2014. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Lands’ End Women’s Regular Short Sleeve 1×1 Rib V-neck Tee, 2014. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Lavender Shadow Plaid, 2014. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
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Target D-Signed and Shaun White, 2013. Courtesy LYNCH THAM, New York
