Sylvia Plimack Mangold Turns Trompe L’oeil Inside Out

Rather than trying to fool us with her representational paintings or showing off her virtuosity in the realm of resemblance, everything is on the surface.

Sylvia Plimack Mangold Turns Trompe L’oeil Inside Out
Sylvia Plimack Mangold, "A September Passage" (1984), oil on linen, 60 x 90 inches (152.4 x 228.6 cm) (all images courtesy the artist and Craig Starr Gallery, New York; photos by Thomas Barrett Photography)