A Contemporary Eye On Still Life
April 17, 2026
Abundance/Excess: A Contemporary Eye on Still Life at the Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pa., will run through Sunday, June 7. This exhibition considers bounty, accumulation, and waste in 21st-century American culture through the work of 10 contemporary artists. This exhibit, at its core, is the artistic depiction of things, which is explored through a contemporary lens in more than 45 works across a variety of mediums, ranging from paintings to sculptures to mixed media and video. The works included frequently reflect each artists cultural attitude toward that which they acquire, consume, and live amongst. Many of the artworks in the exhibition utilize the same subject matter as historic still lifes, with flowers, fruit, meat, fish, matches, and skulls making frequent appearances. The artists also revisit conceptual tropes and techniques from historic still lifes including decaying food; indications of the passage of time; and symbolic juxtapositions to consider where wealth comes from, who holds it, and how we find and create it in our own lives. For more information, call 610-388-2700 or visit wwww.brandywine.org/museum.

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