Seeing the World Within: Charles Seliger in the 1940's
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Seeing the World Within: Charles Seliger in the 1940's

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Accompanying Exhibition: Seeing the World Within: Charles Seliger in the 1940's Dates of Exhibition: 2/11/2012 - 5/13/2012 Author: Jonathan Stuhlman Ph.D., and Michelle Dubois Published by: The Mint Museum Pages: 128 Hardcover ABOUT THE EXHIBITION This captivating exhibition focuses on the remarkable paintings and drawings created by the American artist Charles Seliger during the first decade of his career. Born in 1926, Seliger quickly acquired a strong working knowledge of early 20th century modernism. But it was the fantastic imagery, inventive processes, and creative freedom of Surrealism that truly captured his attention and inspired him to develop his own mature aesthetic between 1942 and 1950. Although his work was rooted in the same basic principles and ideas as that of the Abstract Expressionists, many of whom he exhibited alongside in the 1940s, Seliger found a distinctly personal voice and artistic vocabulary. Because of this, he was given his first solo exhibition at Peggy

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